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Alva Torstensen 1890 - 1980

Alva Torstensen of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on October 7, 1890, and died at age 89 years old in May 1980.
Alva Torstensen
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60634
October 7, 1890
May 1980
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  • 10/7
    1890

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    October 7, 1890
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  • 05/dd
    1980

    Death

    May 1980
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    Alva Torstensen lived 20 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1890, in the year that Alva Torstensen was born, on January 2nd, Alice Sanger became the first female staffer to work in the White House. She was hired as a stenographer and, as such, took dictation.
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In 1926, at the age of 36 years old, Alva was alive when on October 31st, Harry Houdini died in Michigan. Houdini was the most famed magician of his time and perhaps of all time, especially for his acts involving escapes - from handcuffs, straitjackets, chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, and more. He was president of the Society of American Magicians and stringently upheld professional ethics. He died of complications from a ruptured appendix. Although he had received a blow to the area a couple of days previously, the connection between the blow and his appendicitis is disputed.
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