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Lonnie Robert Cates 1904 - c. 1972

Lonnie Robert Cates of Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA was born on December 19, 1904, and died at age 67 years old circa April 14, 1972 in Richmond. Lonnie Cates was buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery Section 2A Site 1285 1300 Sneath Lane, in San Bruno.

Lonnie Robert Cates
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Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA 94802
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December 19, 1904
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circa April 14, 1972
Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, United States
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  • 12/19
    1904

    Birthday

    December 19, 1904
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Anglo/Irish

  • Nationality & Locations

    American, born in Lawton, Oklahoma. Lived in Tulare, El Cerrito and Richmond.

  • Early Life & Education

    Unknown

  • Religious Beliefs

    Baptist

  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC
  • 04/14
    1972
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    circa April 14, 1972
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    Accidental overdose
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    Richmond, Contra Costa County, California United States
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    Golden Gate National Cemetery Section 2A Site 1285 1300 Sneath Lane, in San Bruno, Ca 94066
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    Lonnie Robert Cates came to California at the end of the Great Depression. His father and brother had left Oklahoma, while Lonnie served in the US Army. On discharge., he joined his family in Tulare. There, they farmed and built a trucking business which relocated Lonnie to the SF Bay Area. He married, and had three daughters, who were all adults at the time of their mother's death in a traffic accident. Lonnie married my mother in 1960, He continued to run M&L Trucking until his death by accidental overdose of barbiturates sleeping meds.
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In 1904, in the year that Lonnie Robert Cates 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 1919, he was just 15 years old when in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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