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Velma B Powell 1899 - 1995

Velma B Powell of Darby, Delaware County, PA was born on April 15, 1899, and died at age 95 years old on March 16, 1995.
Velma B Powell
Darby, Delaware County, PA 19023
April 15, 1899
March 16, 1995
Female
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Velma B Powell's History: 1899 - 1995

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  • 04/15
    1899

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    April 15, 1899
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  • 03/16
    1995

    Death

    March 16, 1995
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    Velma B Powell lived 24 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1899, in the year that Velma B Powell was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1917, Velma was 18 years old when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.
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