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Gertrude Scharff 1884 - 1976

Gertrude Scharff of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri was born on August 31, 1884, and died at age 91 years old in August 1976.
Gertrude Scharff
Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri 63105
August 31, 1884
August 1976
Female
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Gertrude Scharff's History: 1884 - 1976

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    1884

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    August 31, 1884
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    1976

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    August 1976
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    Gertrude Scharff lived 16 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1884, in the year that Gertrude Scharff was born, on August 5th, the cornerstone for the base of the Statue of Liberty - a gift from the people of France - was laid. 120,000 people - most donations were $1 - donated to the completion of the base. An 1883 poem by Emma Lazarus was also written to raise funds. That poem was included in the base of the statue and is well known today. The most famous phrase: "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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In 1906, when she was 22 years old, the great San Francisco earthquake hit, estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. The earthquake caused fires that raged for days and between the earthquake and the fire, about 3,000 people were killed and 80% of the City was destroyed.
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