Genealogy for
Henry Thomas Howard
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Henry Thomas Howard
7/19/1878 - 10/7/1965
(Shown at age 32)
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Henry Thomas Howard was born on July 19, 1878 in Dothan, Henry County, Alabama and died on October 7, 1965 in Hiland Park, Bay County, Florida. He lived to be 87 years old.
He had brown eyes and black hair. He was a Carpenter,
he worked at the Turpentine Still and as a boat builder.
He moved to Hiland Park, FL in 1925 from Geneva Co. AL.
Cause of Death: Hit by a car/ pulmonary embolus. He is bury at Millville Cemetery in Panama City, FL. | 
 | Census | 6/15/1880 | Brannon's, Beat 6 AL (Dale County) | 1 yrs old | | page 24, #248- William J. Howard (age 24), Josephine (age 19, wife) and Henry (age 2, son). William is a farmer born in Alabama and states that both parents were born in AL (looks like Arkansas?). Josephine was also born in AL (her father in AL and her mother in GA) and she states that she cannot read. Listed as family #248 on the Newton, Brannon's and Sylvan Grove, District 63 census: |
| Census | 1/25/1900 | Brantins AL (Geneva County) | 21 yrs old | Henry T. Howard, born July 1878, is 21 years old and single. He is a boarder living with the Thomas J. Martin family. He and his mother were born in AL and his father in GA. His occupation is listed as Turpentine Works and he can read, write and speak English.
Emma Lisenby, who will become his first wife, is recorded on the same census, two pages later with her family.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1900: A courthouse fire in 1898 destroys many county records. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Marriage | 2/20/1908 | Slcomb AL (Geneva County) | 29 yrs old | To any person lawfully authorized to solemnize marriage with said State, greetings: You are hearby authorized to selebrate the rite of matrimony between: Henry Howard and Helen Patterson and required to return marriage licese, and certicate, duly certified under your hand, to the Probate Judge of the aforesaid county. Witness my name as Judge of Proate at the Crurt House in Genave, Alabama, this the 18 day of Febuary AD 1908. P.C. Black
I Certify that the within named Groom, Henry Howard and bride, Helen Howard were by me the undersigned, joined in marriage by the authority of the within license. Done this 20th day of February, AD 1908 in County of Geneva, city of Slcomb in the state of Alabama. H. A. Smith - Minister of the Gospel. |
| Census | 5/4/1910 | Malvern AL (Geneva County) | 31 yrs old | | Recorded as family #130: H. T. Howard (age 32), Hellen (wife, age 23), Julian (son, age 7), Joel (son, age 11 months). All were born in Alabama. H. T. and Hellon state that both parents were born in AL. H. T. says he is a farmer with a lsonzral (???) farm. |
| Military | 1/1/1917 | Slcomb AL (Geneva County) | 38 yrs old | | Draft Card Registration: Serial #334 Henry Thomas Howard , address Slcomb, AL , age 40, birth date 7-24-1878. race white. Native born, occupation farming , employed by. H.W. Knight in Slcomb, AL. Nearest relative Hellen M. Howard. |
| Census | 1/7/1920 | Fadette AL (Geneva County) | 41 yrs old | family # 36: Henry T. Howard is listed as the head of household (age 41) with Hellen M. (wife, age 33), Julian A. (son, age 16), Joel A. (son, age 10), Mildred (daughter, age 7), Milburn (son, age 4), Wilburn (son, age one month). The three oldest children are attending school. Both parents can read and write. All report that they were born in AL. Henry's parents were born in GA while Hellen's were born in AL. Henry states that he is a farmer with his own house/farm. The oldest children state their occupations as laborer at house farm.
Family # 38 H. W. Knight (age 47? - MS) head widow, Scott W (20 - AL). Lillie R. (17-FL) , Eula (15-FL). His parents where born in AL. He is a farmer.  |
| Census | 4/18/1930 | Dundee AL ( Geneva County) | 51 yrs old | | family# 275-Henry T. Howard (age52),
Hellen Howard (43),
Milburn Howard (14),
Wilburn Howard (11)&
Hilburn Howard (8).They rent their home. All were born in AL, except Henry born in GA, as were his parents. Hellen's parents were born in AL. Henry was married at age 30 & Hellen at age 21. Henry is a Carpenter and he states he is not a veteran.
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| Census | 1/1/1935 | Lynn Haven, Precinct 11 FL (Bay County) | 56 yrs old | | page 3 -Henry Howard (age57),
Helen Howard (48),
Hiley Howard (18),
Milburm Howard (15),
Hilburn Howard (12),
(grandson)Floyd Howard (9)&
Julian Howard (36).They live outside the city limits in Lynn Haven. Race: white; Henry was born in GA, all other in AL. Degree of education: Henry, Helen & Julian -(common) Hiley & Milburn- 5th gr., Hilburn 3rd gr. & Floyd 1 st. gr. They rent their home. Henry is a carpenter.
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| Census | 4/10/1940 | Highland City FL (Bay County) | 61 yrs old | | #24 -Henry J. Howard (age 62),
Hilburn Howard (18),
Julian A. Howard (36),
daughter in law -Rebecca Howard (33),
Floyd Howard (13). All were born in AL, except Henry who didn't state where. Henry is a laborer at Handling (unclear). Julian is a laborer - haling wood. Rebecca states she lived in Dothan Houston Co, AL in 1935. |
| Other | 4/1/1942 | AL (Henry County) | 63 yrs old | Social Security Application - Name: Henry Thomas Howard
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: July 19, 1878
Birth Place: Dothan, Henry, Alabama
Father: William J. Howard
Mother: Josephine Strickland
date of application: April 1942 |
| Census | 1/1/1945 | Precinct 30 FL (Bay County) | 66 yrs old | | H. T. Howard (age 67) & Hilborn H. Howard (23). Both born in AL. H. T. is a carpenter and Hilburn is in the Coast Guard. |
| Death Certificate | 10/7/1965 | Panama City FL (Bay County) | 87 yrs old | | Henry Thomas Howard born 7/19/1878, place of birth Alabama. Address 2715 East Ave, Panama City, FL. Date of death 10/7/1965 at 12:25 pm. Cause of Death: Hit by a car/ pulmonary embolus, length of illness 2 1/2 weeks prior to death. Occupation: retail Carpenter, public work. Parents names William Jasper Howard & Josie Knight Howard. |
| Graveyard/Tombstone | 10/8/1965 | Panama City FL (Bay County) | 87 yrs old | | Millville Cemetery - Henry Thomas HOWARD, b. Jul 19 1878 d. Oct 7 1965, Ss/w Helen Patterson Howard "D/95"
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| Newspaper | 10/8/1965 | FL (Bay County) | 87 yrs old | | Obit in Panama City Herald. |
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1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
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1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
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1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
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1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
| 39 |
1917 |
Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction. |
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1928 |
The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy. |
| 79 |
1957 |
The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
| 84 |
1962 |
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government. |
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1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 11 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 17 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 19 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 22 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 22 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 23 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 24 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 25 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 26 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
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1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
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1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 28 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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1912 |
The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people. |
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1913 |
Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant |
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1914 |
The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed |
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1923 |
Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes |
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1923 |
Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id" |
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1924 |
Insecticides are used for the first time on crops |
| 48 |
1926 |
Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket |
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1927 |
The first television transmission was announced in England |
| 50 |
1928 |
Big bang theory was introduced |
| 58 |
1936 |
The first regular television broadcast happens in England |
| 60 |
1938 |
Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission |
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1946 |
The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes |
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1947 |
Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor |
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1951 |
The first color television is introduced in the U.S. |
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1952 |
The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen. |
| 79 |
1957 |
Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S. |
| 82 |
1960 |
The ruby laser was created by Maiman |
| 84 |
1962 |
U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth |
| 87 |
1965 |
The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union |
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1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
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1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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1908 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile |
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1912 |
White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out. |
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1913 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures |
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1917 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism. |
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1919 |
NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty. |
| 60 |
1938 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic. |
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1939 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States |
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1941 |
NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers. |
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1950 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later. |
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1955 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. |
| 82 |
1960 |
NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public |
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1963 |
NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. |
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1909 |
The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP) |
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1910 |
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area. |
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1927 |
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. |
| 51 |
1929 |
Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October |
| 52 |
1930 |
Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states. |
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1932 |
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered. |
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1933 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone! |
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1934 |
Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize. |
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1934 |
Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains. |
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1935 |
Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time. |
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1939 |
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color. |
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1943 |
Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit. |
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1944 |
On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day") |
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1945 |
President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. |
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1954 |
The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency. |
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1962 |
The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba. |
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1909 |
The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe |
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1914 |
World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days. |
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1917 |
Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes. |
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1919 |
The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I. |
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1920 |
Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made. |
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1938 |
Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia. |
| 61 |
1939 |
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun. |
| 67 |
1945 |
World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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 | Emma Lisenby
Born on an unknown day in November 1882 and died about 1903.
They were married 1/1/1902.
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Born on September 9, 1886 and died on February 14, 1940.
They were married 2/20/1908.
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The Children of Henry Thomas Howard
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37 years old
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Julian Andrew Howard
Born in Slocomb, Alabama on May 30, 1903 and died in Panama City, Florida on July 30, 1977. He was 74 years old.
He worked at Shipyard in Panama City. He was called "Uncle Judy".
He married Mattie Hinson. They had one son named Floyd.
His second marriage was to Thelma Rebecca Newsome in 1940. ...
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36 years old
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Joel Amos Howard Sr.
Born in Slocomb, Alabama on May 12, 1909 and died in Panama City, Florida on July 29, 2000. He was 91 years old.
Occupation: business owner and mechanic. Moved to Panama City, FL in 1925 and worked as a mechanic at Nelson Buick Company. Later owned and operated Howard Motors. He served in the U.S. Navy during W...
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54 years old
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Mildred Howard
Born in Slocomb, Alabama on April 13, 1912 and died in Panama City, Florida on July 29, 1998. She was 86 years old.
Married 6/23/1923. Occupation: Seamstress. She also volunteered at Bay Memorial Hospital. Called Aunt Mittie. Burial at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Panama City, FL....
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41 years old
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Milburn Howard
Born in Slocomb, Alabama on September 4, 1915 and died in Panama City, Florida on March 5, 1993. He was 77 years old.
He was the owner and operator of Howard's Shoe Repair in Panama City. He was called "Uncle Preacher". He married Mary Maud McGraw....
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37 years old
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Wilburn Thomas Howard
Born in Slocomb, Alabama on December 22, 1919 and died in Panama City, Florida on August 1, 2010. He was 90 years old.
He moved with his family to Panama City in 1922. He was a master mason and a master mechanic, well known in the community for his expertise. He worked for the Hudson Dealership and then the Chrysler P...
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34 years old
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Hilburn Henry Howard
Born in Slocomb, Alabama on February 14, 1922 and died in Bagley, Minnesota on January 31, 2010. He was 88 years old.
He grew up in Slocomb, where he attended school. In 1933, he moved with his family to Panama City, Fla.
He enlisted in the Coast Guard in 1942, as a Motor Mechanic’s Mate and served with the Coa...
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