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William Rapps 1888 - 1968

William Rapps of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA was born on March 15, 1888, and died at age 80 years old in March 1968.

William Rapps
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA 19132
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March 15, 1888
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In 1888, in the year that William Rapps was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1895, he was only 7 years old when 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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Rapps, Ruth (Nov 1, 1905 - Jul 1985) Rapps, Walter (Feb 11, 1903 - Jul 1961) Rapps, Isaac (Jul 22, 1887 - Aug 1974) Rapps, Arlene (Aug 8, 1932 - May 24, 1998) Rapps, Hyman (Jan 15, 1890 - Jul 1974) Rapps, Gerald (Oct 13, 1915 - Jun 1982) Rapps, Sadie (Aug 14, 1902 - Mar 1993) Rapps, Joseph (Jan 17, 1918 - Mar 8, 1994) Rapps, Charles (Jun 25, 1905 - Dec 1979) Rapps, Yetta (Apr 25, 1899 - Jan 31, 1989)
Rapps, Sally (Jun 10, 1902 - Aug 1979) Rapps, Natalie (Sep 25, 1898 - May 1969) Rapps, John (Aug 6, 1882 - Aug 1971) Rapps, Sally (Jun 15, 1899 - Dec 10, 1989) Rapps, Louis (Nov 24, 1898 - Apr 1984) Rapps, William (Jan 20, 1915 - Jun 12, 1990) Rapps, Sarah (Feb 19, 1908 - Oct 1979) Rapps, Harry (Jun 30, 1924 - Aug 8, 1988) Rapps, Sandra (May 26, 1952 - Apr 19, 2006) Rapps, Dorothy (Dec 15, 1913 - Nov 10, 1995)
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