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Ransom Portinga 1904 - 1987

Ransom Portinga of Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC was born on July 4, 1904, and died at age 83 years old on November 9, 1987.

Ransom Portinga
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Flat Rock, Henderson County, NC 28731
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July 4, 1904
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In 1904, in the year that Ransom Portinga 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 1923, at the age of 19 years old, Ransom was alive when the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".
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Portinga, Adena (Dec 11, 1894 - Oct 16, 1988) Portinga, Lawrence (May 16, 1950 - May 2, 2008) Portinga, Ruth (Jun 16, 1937 - Nov 21, 1999) Portinga, Daisy (Jun 5, 1883 - Nov 1964) Portinga, Peter (Jul 12, 1892 - Apr 1963) Portinga, Olive (Aug 21, 1900 - Feb 1969) Portinga, Alice (Apr 21, 1886 - Oct 1964) Portinga, Fred (Feb 11, 1907 - Feb 1985) Portinga, Gertrude (Aug 2, 1914 - Jan 9, 2000) Portinga, Garrett (Feb 8, 1905 - Sep 20, 1990)
Portinga, Elizabeth (Jan 24, 1911 - May 8, 2006) Portinga, Catherine (Jan 28, 1907 - Oct 5, 1989) Portinga, Riner (Jan 10, 1890 - Jun 1969) Portinga, Jonathan (Nov 27, 1984 - May 26, 2003) Portinga, Eunice (May 15, 1917 - Jan 21, 2001) Portinga, Richard (Mar 24, 1899 - Feb 11, 1992) Portinga, Grace (Dec 1, 1897 - Jul 17, 1996) Portinga, Wayne (Jul 13, 1926 - Oct 15, 2007) Portinga, Gladys (Nov 8, 1928 - Oct 8, 1998) Portinga, Grace (Sep 26, 1899 - Apr 27, 1996)
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