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Sylvia Oakes 1915 - 1978

Sylvia Oakes of Erie, Erie County, PA was born on May 31, 1915, and died at age 63 years old in December 1978.
Sylvia Oakes
Erie, Erie County, PA 16510
May 31, 1915
December 1978
Female
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Sylvia Oakes' History: 1915 - 1978

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  • 05/31
    1915

    Birthday

    May 31, 1915
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  • 12/dd
    1978

    Death

    December 1978
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    Sylvia Oakes lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 63.
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In 1915, in the year that Sylvia Oakes was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1920, at the age of only 5 years old, Sylvia was alive when on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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