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Gerrit Hooyer 1904 - 1981

Gerrit Hooyer of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on March 5, 1904, and died at age 77 years old in August 1981.

Gerrit Hooyer
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Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49508
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In 1904, in the year that Gerrit Hooyer 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 1941, Gerrit was 37 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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Hooyer, Ruth (Sep 7, 1917 - Jan 13, 2010) Hooyer, Gysbert (Apr 14, 1921 - Mar 18, 2011) Hooyer, Cornelia (Feb 4, 1903 - Apr 1979) Hooyer, Frances (Oct 11, 1907 - Apr 9, 2002) Hooyer, Martin (Apr 4, 1914 - Dec 1984) Hooyer, Henry (Oct 25, 1904 - Apr 1983) Hooyer, Era (Dec 7, 1902 - Nov 10, 1988) Hooyer, Margaret (Oct 27, 1915 - Mar 15, 2005) Hooyer, Herman (Jan 15, 1912 - Oct 1984) Hooyer, John (Apr 19, 1907 - Jan 1980)
Hooyer, Albert (Jan 22, 1896 - May 1967) Hooyer, Fonda (Feb 1, 1912 - Dec 21, 1997) Hooyer, John (Oct 7, 1919 - May 1989) Hooyer, Robert (Feb 1, 1950 - Feb 24, 2002) Hooyer, Henry (Oct 30, 1920 - Nov 2, 1997) Hooyer, Florence (Jun 3, 1922 - Jul 22, 2011) Hooyer, Marion (Nov 21, 1914 - Apr 1983) Hooyer, Tony (Aug 2, 1929 - Oct 25, 2007) Hooyer, Teunis (Apr 6, 1883 - May 1966) Hooyer, Albert (Oct 7, 1919 - Dec 1980)
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