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Dorothy Wawner 1911 - 1986

Dorothy Wawner of Petersburg, Petersburg City County, Virginia was born on November 1, 1911, and died at age 74 years old in April 1986.
Dorothy Wawner
Petersburg, Petersburg City County, Virginia 23805
November 1, 1911
April 1986
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    1911

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    November 1, 1911
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  • 04/dd
    1986

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    April 1986
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    Dorothy Wawner lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1911, in the year that Dorothy Wawner was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1927, she was 16 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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