102 - Teofilo Ortiz, - Arivaca, Arizona
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N 31° 34.606 W 111° 19.844
12R E 468617 N 3493572
A centenarian buried in a historic cemetery and town near the Mexican border.
Waymark Code: WMV1N5
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2017
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Records indicate the Mr. Ortiz was born in Mexico in 1863 and died near Arivaca, Arizona in 1965. He is buried in the Arivaca Cemetery. It was unusual to live this long doing hard work, likely ranching, in a remote area.
No other records of his life can be found, but here are a few of the events that he witnessed in his lifetime:
1863 - 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebraska
1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinate; United States Civil War ends
1872 - Yellowstone National Park established
1908 - Ford Model T marketed
1912 - Arizona, Alaska and New Mexico admission to the US; Titanic sinks
1914 - WW1 started July 28
1927 - Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight; The Jazz Singer is the first "talkie" to be released
1929 - Great Depression begins
1935 - Social Security Act
1939 - Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
1945 - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki; Germany & Japan surrender, World War II ends
1958 - NASA formed
1961 - Vietnam War officially begins
1965 - President Johnson signs the Social Security Act, establishing Medicare and Medicaid
Location of Headstone: Cemetery
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