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Fred Chaffee 1904 - 1972

Fred Chaffee of Chester, Delaware County, PA was born on August 23, 1904, and died at age 67 years old in April 1972.
Fred Chaffee
Chester, Delaware County, PA 19013
August 23, 1904
April 1972
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    1904

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    August 23, 1904
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  • 04/dd
    1972

    Death

    April 1972
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    Fred Chaffee lived 8 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1904, in the year that Fred Chaffee 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 1914, at the age of only 10 years old, Fred was alive when in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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