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Ellen M Downey 1908 - 2008

Ellen M Downey of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska was born on September 23, 1908, and died at age 99 years old on March 1, 2008.
Ellen M Downey
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska 68106
September 23, 1908
March 1, 2008
Female
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    1908

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    September 23, 1908
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  • 03/1
    2008

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    March 1, 2008
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    Ellen M Downey lived 26 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 99.
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In 1908, in the year that Ellen M Downey was born, Henry Ford developed the first Model T automobile, often called the Tin Lizzy or flivver. Produced from 1908 through 1927, it first sold for $850 - which made it affordable for every middle class family. Previously, cars were the province of the upper class and the introduction of the Model T and its availability changed U.S. culture. Within days of its release, over 15,000 cars had been ordered.
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In 1914, Ellen was only 6 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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