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Zelma Schwerha 1897 - 1987

Zelma Schwerha of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia was born on April 1, 1897, and died at age 90 years old in August 1987.

Zelma Schwerha
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Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia 25304
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In 1897, in the year that Zelma Schwerha 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 1900, at the age of just 3 years old, Zelma was alive when a massive hurricane, known as the Great Galveston hurricane, hit Galveston Texas. Winds hit up to 145 miles an hour (category 4) and it remains the single most deadly event in U.S. history. Between 6,000 and 12,000 died (most estimates are around 8,000 dead). The population of Galveston at the time was about 36,000 people in 1900.
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Schwerha, Elsie (Feb 13, 1910 - Jul 1987) Schwerha, Joseph (Jul 29, 1938 - Apr 27, 2011) Schwerha, Dorothy (Jan 23, 1908 - Feb 1984) Schwerha, Robert (Aug 31, 1929 - Dec 1987) Schwerha, Helen (Mar 8, 1898 - Nov 1980) Schwerha, Emma (Aug 2, 1905 - Aug 1977) Schwerha, Margaret (Jul 10, 1909 - Feb 4, 1989) Schwerha, Phyllis (Jul 21, 1908 - Feb 1987) Schwerha, Laura (Mar 1, 1921 - Apr 1979) Schwerha, George (Apr 3, 1906 - May 1967)
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