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Ottora Haas-Heye

13 Feb 1910 – 17 Jul 2001

5 facts1 source

Facts and their sources

  • Born13 Feb 1910not verified1 source
  • Died17 Jul 2001not verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 13 Feb 1910

    Born

  2. 31 Dec 1940

    A daughter is born

  3. 17 Jul 2001

    Dies, aged 91

Family

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Partner

Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1910s · Ottora is born

In the news1918

Spanish Flu pandemic strikes in 1918

The 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic caused 34,378 deaths in Sweden within one year, the country's highest mortality rate since 1880.

Getting around

Slow Steamboats and Public Distrust

Steamboats like the Egil were surprisingly slow for towing timber, averaging only two knots, meaning a trip could take up to 30 days. People often distrusted wood-fired steamboats, fearing they would catch fire or scare away fish.

At the table

The seven-cookie coffee ritual

Hosting guests often involved a coffee ritual where it was customary to serve seven different types of homemade cookies or cakes. This social practice served as an important community ritual and a marker of status.

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.Around the world · 1914–1918

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.

Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · public domain

What people wore

Tar used to protect bare feet

Some men used tar on the soles of their feet at the start of summer, allowing them to walk barefoot across rough terrain like stones and pine needles after the tar dried.

Music

Gramophones used for dance music parties

By around 1905, people began using portable gramophones at social gatherings like weddings and engagement parties to provide music for dancing.

Daily life

Daily household costs and diet

Kerosene for lighting could cost up to 10 öre per day for those doing sewing work, and children often relied on crusts of bread softened in coffee for breakfast.