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Edwin A DeFay 1925 - 2009

Edwin A Defay of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on November 8, 1925, and died at age 83 years old on March 18, 2009.

Edwin A Defay
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19124
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November 8, 1925
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  • 11/8
    1925

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    November 8, 1925
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen

  • Nationality & Locations

    United States

  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School

  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33811043 Enlisted: January 19, 1944 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Military branch: No Branch Assignment Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law

  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Occupations In Trades And Services, N.e.c.
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    2009

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    March 18, 2009
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In 1925, in the year that Edwin A DeFay was born, in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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In 1932, at the age of only 7 years old, Edwin was alive when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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Defay, Ruth (Apr 18, 1905 - Jan 1978) Defay, Merlin (Dec 6, 1910 - May 16, 1989) Defay, Arthur (Dec 16, 1895 - Nov 1977) Defay, Elaine (Nov 27, 1927 - Mar 1, 2011) Defay, Donald (Feb 5, 1916 - Apr 17, 2011) Defay, Madeleine (Apr 7, 1921 - Sep 13, 2005) Defay, Lenard (Dec 27, 1900 - Feb 2, 1993) Defay, Pierre (Apr 30, 1954 - May 15, 1995) Defay, Joseph (Nov 5, 1909 - Oct 1971) Defay Jr, Arthur (Apr 27, 1941 - Feb 18, 2002)
Defay, Francis (May 5, 1914 - May 16, 2002) Defay, Diane (Aug 9, 1945 - Dec 1, 2007) Defay, Theodore (Apr 8, 1919 - May 1980) Defay, Irene (Nov 18, 1911 - Jan 1983) Defay, Theodore (Feb 23, 1890 - Apr 1970) Defay Sr, John (May 24, 1944 - Sep 20, 1993) Defay, Edwin (Apr 21, 1875 - Feb 1970) Defay, Mary (Aug 25, 1918 - Jun 26, 2003) Defay, Elizabeth (Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 1973) Defay, Dorothy (Jan 5, 1923 - May 13, 2001)
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