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Hilda Melker 1874 - 1972

Hilda Melker of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on March 5, 1874, and died at age 97 years old in February 1972.
Hilda Melker
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 90801
March 5, 1874
February 1972
Female
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Hilda Melker's History: 1874 - 1972

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    1874

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    March 5, 1874
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  • 02/dd
    1972

    Death

    February 1972
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    Cause of death
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    Hilda Melker lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 97.
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In 1874, in the year that Hilda Melker was born, on May 20th, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were approved for a patent for "blue jeans with copper rivets". They charged $13.50 per dozen jeans. Although the term "jeans" was first used in 1795 - in Italy - using rivets to reinforce stress points in jeans such as pockets and the bottom of the fly was an original idea..
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In 1922, Hilda was 48 years old when 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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