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Gilbert Blaes 1904 - 1973

Gilbert Blaes of Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois was born on October 8, 1904, and died at age 68 years old in September 1973.
Gilbert Blaes
Belleville, Saint Clair County, Illinois 62221
October 8, 1904
September 1973
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    1904

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    October 8, 1904
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  • 09/dd
    1973

    Death

    September 1973
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    Gilbert Blaes lived 10 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1904, in the year that Gilbert Blaes 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 1918, Gilbert was just 14 years old when on November 11th, an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany, ending the fighting on the Western Front in World War I. This meant a complete defeat of Germany although Germany never formally surrendered. It took another six months of negotiations to sign an actual peace treaty between the warring parties.
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