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Violetw Spence 1904 - 2007

Violetw Spence of Chesapeake, Chesapeake City County, VA was born on December 23, 1904, and died at age 102 years old on February 28, 2007.
Violetw Spence
Chesapeake, Chesapeake City County, VA 23327
December 23, 1904
February 28, 2007
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Violetw Spence's History: 1904 - 2007

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  • 12/23
    1904

    Birthday

    December 23, 1904
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  • 02/28
    2007

    Death

    February 28, 2007
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Violetw Spence lived 30 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 102.
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In 1904, in the year that Violetw Spence 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 1943, at the age of 39 years old, Violetw was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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Violetw Spence's Family Tree

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