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William Rakestraw 1904 - 1983

William Rakestraw of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan was born on February 13, 1904, and died at age 79 years old in November 1983.

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In 1904, in the year that William Rakestraw was born, 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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In 1910, by the time he was merely 6 years old, 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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Rakestraw, Albert (Aug 18, 1900 - Feb 1977) Rakestraw, Helen (Sep 25, 1938 - Dec 1982) Rakestraw, Ronald (Jul 18, 1960 - Feb 20, 1994) Rakestraw, Mary (Feb 4, 1888 - Aug 1977) Rakestraw, Glen (Jul 29, 1901 - Jun 1967) Rakestraw, Lucille (Jul 25, 1900 - Dec 15, 1967) Rakestraw, Mary (Oct 25, 1898 - Jun 15, 1988) Rakestraw, Robert (Dec 4, 1930 - Oct 27, 2007) Rakestraw, Lillian (Apr 28, 1894 - Dec 1963) Rakestraw, Kevin (Sep 17, 1957 - Sep 1981)
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