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Velma Abel 1895 - 1981

Velma Abel of Odessa, Ector County, Texas was born on October 28, 1895, and died at age 85 years old in August 1981.
Velma Abel
Odessa, Ector County, Texas 79761
October 28, 1895
August 1981
Female
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Velma Abel's History: 1895 - 1981

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  • 10/28
    1895

    Birthday

    October 28, 1895
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  • 08/dd
    1981

    Death

    August 1981
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    Velma Abel lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1895, in the year that Velma Abel was born, on March 15th, in County Tipperary, Ireland, Michael Cleary killed his wife of 8 years, Bridget, and burned her body. His defense was that his "wife" was a changeling that was left in his real wife's place when she was abducted by fairies. He was nonetheless convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter. He spent 15 years in prison.
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In 1905, Velma was only 10 years old when the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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