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Gerlena Davis 1922 - 2006

Gerlena Davis of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on August 30, 1922, and died at age 84 years old on December 29, 2006.
Gerlena Davis
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19143
August 30, 1922
December 29, 2006
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  • 08/30
    1922

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    August 30, 1922
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  • 12/29
    2006

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    December 29, 2006
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    Gerlena Davis lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1922, in the year that Gerlena Davis was born, 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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In 1931, Gerlena was just 9 years old when on May 1st, the Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 1,454 feet (including the roof and antenna), it was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Center's North Tower was built in 1970. (It is now the 34th tallest.) Opening at the beginning of the Great Depression, most of the offices in the Empire State Building remained unoccupied for years and the observation deck was an equal source of revenue and kept the building profitable.
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