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Nannie Colgin 1888 - 1983

Nannie Colgin of Norfolk, Norfolk City County, Virginia was born on April 1, 1888, and died at age 95 years old in August 1983.
Nannie Colgin
Norfolk, Norfolk City County, Virginia 23505
April 1, 1888
August 1983
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    1888

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    April 1, 1888
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  • 08/dd
    1983

    Death

    August 1983
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    Nannie Colgin lived 21 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1888, in the year that Nannie Colgin was born, on August 7th, the body of a prostitute was found in the Whitechapel section of London. Martha Tabram had been stabbed 39 times - a possible but not confirmed victim of Jack the Ripper. On August 31st, the body of Mary Ann Nichols was found - stabbed and mutilated. On September 8th, the body of Annie Chapman was found - throat slit and disemboweled. On September 30th, Elizabeth Stride, also a prostitute in Whitechapel, was found dead from a slit throat. Within an hour, another body was discovered - Catherine Eddowes'. She was far more savagely murdered and it is thought that the Ripper had more time with her. Then, on November 9th, the body of prostitute Mary Jane Kelly was found in a boarding room in Whitechapel. Considered to be the probable fifth, and last, of Jack the Ripper's victims, Kelly's was the most savage of his murders.
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In 1917, Nannie was 29 years old when "I Want You" became famous. James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracted thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty. Over 4 million posters were printed in 1917 and 1918.
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