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George Richmond Williams c. 1898 - 1922

George Richmond Williams of Melbourne East Australia was born circa 1898 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC to Charles Francis Williams Sr. and Mary Ann (Brayshaw) Williams. He had siblings John Joseph Hannaford Williams, Ann Eleanor Moor Williams, Ethel Kate Williams, Alice Eliza Williams, Charles Francis Williams Jr., James Frederick Williams, Amelia Frances Williams, Percy Edwin Williams, Alfred Henry Graham Williams, and Herbert Robert Colin Williams. George Williams died at age 23 years old on November 7, 1922 in Melbourne.
George Richmond Williams
Melbourne East Australia
circa 1898
Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, Australia
November 7, 1922
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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  • 1898
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    Birthday

    circa 1898
    Birthdate
    Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia
    Birthplace
  • Nationality & Locations

    Ballarat, Australia
  • 11/7
    1922

    Death

    November 7, 1922
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Melbourne, VIC Australia
    Death location
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    George Richmond Williams lived 46 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 24.
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In 1898, in the year that George Richmond Williams was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1904, when he was merely 6 years old, 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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