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Walter Purple 1911 - 1999

Walter Purple of Athol, Worcester County, MA was born on April 19, 1911. He was married to Valery Purple on January 1, and had a child Sylvia Purple Carney. Walter Purple died at age 87 years old on January 22, 1999.

Walter Purple
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Athol, Worcester County, MA 01331
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April 19, 1911
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In 1911, in the year that Walter Purple was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1927, Walter was 16 years old when aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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Walter Purple Apr 19, 1911 - Jan 22, 1999
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Walter Purple Apr 19, 1911 - Jan 22, 1999
Valery Purple Feb 7, 1912 - Oct 8, 1997
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Sylvia Purple Carney Oct 20, 1939 - Dec 9, 2007
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Purple, Frank (Apr 7, 1938 - Mar 5, 2010) Purple, George (Jan 1, 1904 - Oct 1969) Haire, Jane (Born May 1, 1911) Purple, George (Oct 11, 1902 - Oct 1976) Purple, Douglas (Apr 5, 1948 - Apr 1973) Purple, Etta (Sep 7, 1922 - Jan 1974) Purple, Harry (Aug 25, 1914 - Mar 1979) Purple, Dorothy (Jan 19, 1912 - Oct 1994) Purple, Alexander (Aug 31, 1908 - Sep 1995) Purple, Genevieve (May 1, 1924 - Jun 30, 2004)
Purple, Kathleen (Nov 15, 1937 - Apr 26, 2006) Purple, Valery (Feb 7, 1912 - Oct 8, 1997) Purple, Nathaniel (Jan 15, 1903 - Feb 1987) Purple, Arnold (Apr 13, 1892 - Oct 1967) Purple, George (Dec 20, 1920 - Oct 1983) Purple, Eleanor (Apr 9, 1893 - Jan 1971) Purple, Delia (Oct 14, 1891 - Sep 1971) Purple, Mary (Nov 2, 1907 - Dec 1975) Purple, Mary (Oct 12, 1889 - Jun 1980) Purple, Nelson (Jul 15, 1914 - May 12, 2011)
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