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Ernestine P Norfolk 1912 - 1991

Ernestine P Norfolk of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on May 27, 1912, and died at age 79 years old on July 7, 1991.

Ernestine P Norfolk
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Detroit, Wayne County, MI 48206
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May 27, 1912
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    Fannie Ernestine Porter Norfolk was born Fannie Ernestine Porter on May 27, 1912. She was the oldest daughter of Henry Langston Porter and Elizabeth Iola Short Porter. Mrs. Norfolk graduated from Woodstock High School in 1930. She later attended Tennessee A&I State and Lane College where she received a Bachelor Degree. Mrs. Norfolk worked as a school teacher in the segregated school system in Tipton County for 35 years. She also owned a cosmetology business for 17 years. She married Robert Lee Norfolk, Sr., a World War II veteran, in 1946.
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In 1912, in the year that Ernestine P Norfolk was born, in October, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot, but not killed, while campaigning for another term as President with the newly created Bull Moose (Progressive) Party. John Schrank was a Bavarian-born saloon-keeper from New York who had been stalking Roosevelt when he shot him just before a campaign speech. Shot in the chest (and showing the audience his bloody shirt), Roosevelt went on to give a 55 to 90 minute talk (reports vary on the length) before being treated for the injury. After 8 days in the hospital, Roosevelt went back on the campaign trail.
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In 1937, at the age of 25 years old, Ernestine was alive 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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Norfolk, Cheryl (Dec 25, 1956 - Dec 15, 2010) Norfolk, Clifford (Aug 15, 1927 - Mar 1984) Norfolk, Celia (Jan 12, 1893 - Feb 28, 1995) Norfolk, Alice (Dec 30, 1930 - Dec 25, 2009) Norfolk, Ralph (Jan 16, 1918 - May 1985) Norfolk, Stanley (Jul 17, 1931 - Nov 26, 2003) Norfolk, David (Mar 9, 1953 - Oct 19, 2002) Norfolk, George (Aug 6, 1895 - Oct 15, 1972) Norfolk, Donald (May 13, 1927 - Dec 10, 2008) Norfolk, Carol (Jul 26, 1939 - Nov 12, 2009)
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