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Nellie Verstraete 1919 - 1972

Nellie Verstraete of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on May 18, 1919, and died at age 53 years old in June 1972.
Nellie Verstraete
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49508
May 18, 1919
June 1972
Female
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Nellie Verstraete's History: 1919 - 1972

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    1919

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    May 18, 1919
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  • 06/dd
    1972

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    June 1972
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    Nellie Verstraete lived 23 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 53.
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In 1919, in the year that Nellie Verstraete was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1922, at the age of only 3 years old, Nellie was alive when the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. on May 30th. More than 35,000 people attended the dedication including Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, and many Union and Confederate veterans - although the audience was segregated. The Memorial took 10 years to complete.
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