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John Heemstra 1897 - 1968

John Heemstra of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on November 26, 1897, and died at age 71 years old in November 1968.
John Heemstra
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49506
November 26, 1897
November 1968
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    1897

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    November 26, 1897
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    1968

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    November 1968
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    John Heemstra lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1897, in the year that John Heemstra was born, on March 4th, William McKinley became the 25th President of the United States. He had beaten William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 election by 51% to 46.7% in the popular vote. Six months into his second term as President, McKinley was assassinated.
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In 1904, at the age of just 7 years old, John was alive when 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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