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Edwina Viola (Allen) Benjamin 1903 - 1979

Edwina Viola (Allen) Benjamin was born on October 14, 1903 in Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine United States to Dwinal Powers Allen and Edwina Elice (Coffin) Allen, and had siblings William P Allen and Louise (Allen) Stone. Edwina Benjamin died at age 76 years old on November 27, 1979 in Freeport.

Edwina Viola (Allen) Benjamin

October 14, 1903

Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, 04032, United States

November 27, 1979

Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine, 04032, United States

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1903

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October 14, 1903

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Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine 04032, United States

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1979

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November 27, 1979

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Freeport, Cumberland County, Maine 04032, United States
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Edwina Viola (Allen) Benjamin lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.

The average age of an Allen family member is 72.

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In 1903, in the year that Edwina Viola (Allen) Benjamin was born, the book The Souls of Black Folk, written by W. E. B. Du Bois, was published. Containing several essays on the African-American experience in America, much of the book was based on Du Bois' own life. The book was one of the very early works in the science of sociology.

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In 1934, at the age of 31 years old, Edwina was alive when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.

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