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Benjamin Potapowicz 1897 - 1968

Benjamin Potapowicz of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on October 29, 1897, and died at age 71 years old in December 1968.

Benjamin Potapowicz
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Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49503
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In 1897, in the year that Benjamin Potapowicz 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 1920, Benjamin was 23 years old when Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.
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Potapowicz, Mary (Apr 12, 1915 - Nov 1986) Potapowicz, John (Oct 15, 1908 - Mar 1982) Potapowicz, Jozefa (Jan 25, 1892 - Mar 1982) Potapowicz, Paul (Jun 23, 1916 - Mar 12, 2000) Potapowicz, Anthony (Sep 2, 1887 - May 1971)
Potapowicz, Michael (Sep 13, 1958 - Jan 1980) Potapowicz, Richard (Jan 29, 1926 - Dec 1986) Potapowicz, Harry (Nov 6, 1922 - Nov 1976) Potapowicz, Mary (Jul 11, 1901 - Mar 1983) Potapowicz, Viktoria (Feb 2, 1902 - Jun 13, 1998)
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