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Bessie S Mekkelson 1904 - 1992

Bessie S Mekkelson of La Fayette, Onondaga County, NY was born on May 29, 1904, and died at age 88 years old on November 30, 1992.
Bessie S Mekkelson
La Fayette, Onondaga County, NY 13084
May 29, 1904
November 30, 1992
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Bessie S Mekkelson's History: 1904 - 1992

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  • 05/29
    1904

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    May 29, 1904
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  • 11/30
    1992

    Death

    November 30, 1992
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    Bessie S Mekkelson lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 88.
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In 1904, in the year that Bessie S Mekkelson 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 1914, at the age of merely 10 years old, Bessie was alive when in June, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Yugoslavian national. Austria-Hungary delivered an ultimatum to Serbia. Other major powers took sides - and World War I began: Austria declared war on Serbia; Germany on Russia and France; Britain on Germany . . . and on it went until most of the world was embroiled in the war.
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