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Tillie Watter 1911 - 1994

Tillie Watter of Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA was born on January 22, 1911, and died at age 83 years old on March 30, 1994.
Tillie Watter
Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA 18505
January 22, 1911
March 30, 1994
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  • 01/22
    1911

    Birthday

    January 22, 1911
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  • 03/30
    1994

    Death

    March 30, 1994
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    Tillie Watter lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1911, in the year that Tillie Watter was born, the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.
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In 1945, at the age of 34 years old, Tillie was alive when on August 15th, Imperial Japan announced its surrender. On September 2nd, a formal agreement of surrender was signed. Japan and nine other states signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay, calling for the return of all Allied prisoners of war and subordinating the authority of the emperor and the Japanese government to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. VJ (Victory in Japan) Day was celebrated in the United States on August 14th and 15th. World War II was over.
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