Month: December 2020
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Otto Theodor Dreher (1890-?)
Contributed by Diane Ciba Young Otto was born June 24, 1890, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Wilhelmina (Brinkmann) and Otto Dreher. His parents came separately to the United States from Germany…
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Harold Raymond Archer (1894-1918)
Contributed by Diane Ciba In the Great War (World War I) Harold died of wounds while serving with with American Expeditionary Forces in the Argonne Forest. Born in Waterbury on…
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Mary Margaret “May” Flynn (1894-1918)
Contributed by Diane Ciba It is not clear whether “May” Flynn was a victim of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Her cause of death has not yet been discovered. Mary…
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Contributed by Diane Ciba On Monday, December 7, 2020, a small group gathered on the Oakville Green to honor and remember those who died 79 years ago on a Sunday…
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Helen P. Beers (1884-1919)
Contributed by Diane Ciba According to the 1900 U.S. Census, Helen Beers was born in February 1884 to William Howard Beers and Martha Jane (Peck) Beers. On June 6, 1900,…
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Harold Amos Beers (1892-1919)
Contributed by Diane Ciba A veteran of World War I, Harold Amos Beers worked on an Army Transport ship and was a victim of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 (also…