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William J Purcell 1910 - 1994

William J Purcell of Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT was born on April 9, 1910, and died at age 84 years old on June 11, 1994.
William J Purcell
Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT 06430
April 9, 1910
June 11, 1994
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  • 04/9
    1910

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    April 9, 1910
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  • 06/11
    1994

    Death

    June 11, 1994
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    William J Purcell lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1910, in the year that William J Purcell was born, Angel Island, which is in San Francisco Bay, became the immigration center for Asians entering U.S. It was often referred to as "The Ellis Island of the West". Due to restrictive laws against Chinese immigration, many immigrants spent years on the island.
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In 1942, William was 32 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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