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Nelle Wilverding 1904 - 1978

Nelle Wilverding of Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia was born on September 8, 1904, and died at age 73 years old in May 1978.
Nelle Wilverding
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia 26241
September 8, 1904
May 1978
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Nelle Wilverding's History: 1904 - 1978

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  • 09/8
    1904

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    September 8, 1904
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  • 05/dd
    1978

    Death

    May 1978
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    Nelle Wilverding lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1904, in the year that Nelle Wilverding was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1922, Nelle was 18 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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