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Frances Weatherwax 1904 - 1979

Frances Weatherwax of Whittier, Los Angeles County, California was born on February 26, 1904, and died at age 75 years old in August 1979.
Frances Weatherwax
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California 90603
February 26, 1904
August 1979
Female
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Frances Weatherwax's History: 1904 - 1979

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  • 02/26
    1904

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    February 26, 1904
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  • 08/dd
    1979

    Death

    August 1979
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    Frances Weatherwax lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1904, in the year that Frances Weatherwax was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1918, at the age of just 14 years old, Frances was alive when on November 1, an elevated train on the Brooklyn line of the subway - driven by an inexperienced operator because of a strike - tried to navigate a turn at 30mph. The limit on the curve was 6 mph. The 2nd and 3rd cars of the 5 car wooden train were badly damaged and at least 93 people were killed, making it the deadliest crash in New York subway history.
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