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Dorcas Townsend 1904 - 1986

Dorcas Townsend of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on May 28, 1904, and died at age 81 years old in April 1986.

Dorcas Townsend
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19151
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May 28, 1904
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In 1904, in the year that Dorcas Townsend 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 1910, when she was just 6 years old, Angel Island, which is in San Francisco Bay, became the immigration center for Asians entering U.S. It was often referred to as "The Ellis Island of the West". Due to restrictive laws against Chinese immigration, many immigrants spent years on the island.
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Townsend, Stephen (Oct 16, 1901 - Dec 1976) Townsend, Thomas (Nov 26, 1899 - Aug 1970) Townsend, James (Apr 1, 1891 - Dec 1969) Townsend, Fred (Dec 11, 1873 - Oct 1965) Townsend, Laura (Mar 20, 1887 - Feb 1982) Townsend, Elmer (May 2, 1883 - Aug 1975) Townsend, William (Mar 30, 1902 - Jan 1980) Townsend, Harold (Apr 18, 1909 - Dec 4, 2006) Townsend, Dorothy (Jun 15, 1915 - Aug 3, 1996) Townsend, John (Aug 10, 1930 - Dec 1968)
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