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Elva M Gilks 1917 - 2002

Elva M Gilks of Bangor, Penobscot County, ME was born on September 21, 1917, and died at age 84 years old on May 13, 2002.
Elva M Gilks
Bangor, Penobscot County, ME 04401
September 21, 1917
May 13, 2002
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  • 09/21
    1917

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    September 21, 1917
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  • 05/13
    2002

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    May 13, 2002
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    Elva M Gilks lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1917, in the year that Elva M Gilks was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1937, she was 20 years old when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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