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Gertie T Watson 1922 - 2008

Gertie T Watson of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, LA was born on October 4, 1922, and died at age 85 years old on May 24, 2008.
Gertie T Watson
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, LA 70814
October 4, 1922
May 24, 2008
Female
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  • 10/4
    1922

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    October 4, 1922
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  • 05/24
    2008

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    May 24, 2008
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    Gertie T Watson lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1922, in the year that Gertie T Watson 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, at the age of only 9 years old, Gertie was alive 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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