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Ruth Macniven 1897 - 1981

Ruth Macniven was born on October 8, 1897, and died at age 83 years old in April 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth Macniven.
Ruth Macniven
October 8, 1897
April 1981
Female
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Ruth Macniven's History: 1897 - 1981

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  • 10/8
    1897

    Birthday

    October 8, 1897
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  • 04/dd
    1981

    Death

    April 1981
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ruth Macniven lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1897, in the year that Ruth Macniven was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1904, Ruth was merely 7 years old when 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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