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Bessie Shires 1899 - 1974

Bessie Shires of West Hartford, Hartford County, CT was born on April 12, 1899, and died at age 74 years old in March 1974.
Bessie Shires
West Hartford, Hartford County, CT 06107
April 12, 1899
March 1974
Female
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  • 04/12
    1899

    Birthday

    April 12, 1899
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  • 03/dd
    1974

    Death

    March 1974
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    Bessie Shires lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1899, in the year that Bessie Shires was born, on February 4th, the Philippine–American War began. The Philippines objected to the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1898, that transferred possession of the Philippines from Spain to the U.S. Filipinos began a fight for independence and fighting between U.S. forces and those of the Philippine Republic broke out. On June 2nd, the Philippines officially declared war on the United States.
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In 1900, by the time she was just 1 year old, the unemployment rate in the U.S. was 5.0% and the cost of a first-class stamp was $0.02. 31% of all workers were employed in the public service sector, 19% of women were employed (1 percent of all lawyers and 6 percent of physicians were women), 6% of the workforce were children, and 14% of the workforce was "non-white."
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