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Joseph Patrick Raftis 1903 - 1973

Joseph Patrick Raftis of Camberwell Australia was born in 1903 in Richmond, City of Yarra County, VIC to Patrick Raftis and Josephine Obrien Raftis. He had siblings Richard Francis Raftis and William Robert Raftis. He was in a relationship with Olive Myra Parker Raftis beginning 1934, and had a child Thornton Patrick Raftis. Joseph Raftis died at age 70 years old in 1973 at Camberwell in Camberwell, and was buried at Box Hill Cemetery 395 Middleborough Rd, in Box Hill, Whitehorse City County.
Joseph Patrick Raftis
Camberwell Australia
1903
Richmond, City of Yarra County, VIC, 3121, Australia
1973
Camberwell in Camberwell, Australia
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  • 1903

    Birthday

    1903
    Birthdate
    Richmond, City of Yarra County, VIC 3121, Australia
    Birthplace
  • Religious Beliefs

    Catholic
  • Professional Career

    Victorian Titles Office
  • 1973

    Death

    1973
    Death date
    Had a stroke sometime before his death. May have been a result of declining health after that.
    Cause of death
    Camberwell in Camberwell Australia
    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Funeral date
    Box Hill Cemetery 395 Middleborough Rd, in Box Hill, Whitehorse City County, VIC 3128, Australia
    Burial location
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In 1903, in the year that Joseph Patrick Raftis was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.
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In 1915, at the age of only 12 years old, Joseph was alive when the Superior Court in Fulton County Georgia accepted the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan, succeeding the Klan that flourished in the South in the late 1800's. This iteration of the Klan adopted white clothing and used many of the code words from the first Klan, adding cross burnings and mass marches in an attempt to intimidate others.
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