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Laurentina Valcourt (1901 - 1987)

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Laurentina Valcourt
1901 - 1987
Born
November 4, 1901
Death
October 1987
Last Known Residence
Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island 02895
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Laurentina Valcourt of Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island was born on November 4, 1901, and died at age 85 years old in October 1987.
Updated: October 3, 2011
Biography ID: 6812394

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Laurentina Valcourt passed away at age 85 years old in October 1987. Laurentina Valcourt of Woonsocket, Providence County, Rhode Island was born on November 4, 1901.

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Laurentina Valcourt lived 16 years longer than the average Valcourt family member when they died at the age of 85.
The average age of a Valcourt family member is 69.
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In 1901, in the year that Laurentina Valcourt was born, Edward VII succeeded Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria of England had become Queen in 1837 and reigned until her death in 1901. Her 63 year reign was the longest in history prior to Elizabeth II who recently broke her record. The time during which she led the country was known as the Victorian era and she presided over great changes in the United Kingdom, including the expansion of the British Empire and the Industrial Revolution.

In 1910, this person was merely 9 years old when the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.

In 1920, by the time this person was 19 years old, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.

In 1932, at the age of 31 years old, Laurentina was alive when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.

In 1987, in the year of Laurentina Valcourt's passing, on October 19th, stock exchanges around the world crashed. Beginning in Hong Kong then spreading to Europe, the crash then hit the United States. It was called Black Monday. The Dow Jones fell 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%).

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