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Erna Behnken 1911 - 1994

Erna Behnken of Ossining, Westchester County, NY was born on March 1, 1911, and died at age 83 years old in February 1994.
Erna Behnken
Ossining, Westchester County, NY 10562
March 1, 1911
February 1994
Female
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Erna Behnken's History: 1911 - 1994

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    1911

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    March 1, 1911
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    1994

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    February 1994
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    Erna Behnken lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1911, in the year that Erna Behnken 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 1922, at the age of only 11 years old, Erna was alive when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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