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Bessie L Merrell 1904 - 1994

Bessie L Merrell of Bellflower, Los Angeles County, CA was born on October 7, 1904, and died at age 89 years old on September 17, 1994.
Bessie L Merrell
Bellflower, Los Angeles County, CA 90706
October 7, 1904
September 17, 1994
Female
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  • 10/7
    1904

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    October 7, 1904
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  • 09/17
    1994

    Death

    September 17, 1994
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    Bessie L Merrell lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1904, in the year that Bessie L Merrell 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 1937, at the age of 33 years old, Bessie was alive when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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