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Vera Hennessey 1898 - 1970

Vera Hennessey of O'Fallon, Saint Clair County, Illinois was born on January 21, 1898, and died at age 72 years old in January 1970.
Vera Hennessey
O'Fallon, Saint Clair County, Illinois 62269
January 21, 1898
January 1970
Female
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Vera Hennessey's History: 1898 - 1970

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    1898

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    January 21, 1898
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  • 01/dd
    1970

    Death

    January 1970
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    Vera Hennessey lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1898, in the year that Vera Hennessey was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1904, when she was just 6 years old, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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