George Neil BlattAge: 79 years1876–1956
- Name
- George Neil Blatt
- Given names
- George Neil
- Surname
- Blatt
 Birth | October 22, 1876 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 14 months)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Lulu Ethel Spotts — View this family August 21, 1902 (Age 25 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Lois Blatt November 13, 1905 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | George Neil Blatt Jr. April 15, 1908 (Age 31 years) |
 Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a wife | Lulu Ethel Spotts January 26, 1917 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Marriage | Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell — View this family calculated 1918 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 41 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 9, 1920 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 52 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 12, 1930 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1940 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 69 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | October 12, 1956 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park I |
| Family with Lulu Ethel Spotts |
| himself |
George Neil Blatt Birth: October 22, 1876 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 1956 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Lulu Ethel Spotts Birth: April 26, 1878 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: January 26, 1917 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: August 21, 1902 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Lois Blatt Birth: November 13, 1905 29 27 — Elwood, Will, Illinois, United States Death: April 9, 2005 — Wilmington, Will, Illinois, United States |
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2 years son |
George Neil Blatt Jr. Birth: April 15, 1908 31 29 — Will, Illinois, United States Death: June 1962 — Will, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell |
| himself |
George Neil Blatt Birth: October 22, 1876 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 1956 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell Birth: November 1887 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: 1968 — Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1918 — |
| Bernice Wesley Gray + Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell |
| wife’s husband |
Bernice Wesley Gray Birth: March 18, 1883 — Cole, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1933 — Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell Birth: November 1887 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: 1968 — Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1904 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years step-son |
Bernice Lee Blatt Birth: March 4, 1907 23 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 3, 1973 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Heloise Doris Blatt Birth: 1909 25 21 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 1967 — Broward, Florida, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
Cherry Street Jackson, Will, Illinois
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
1210 Oneida Street Joliet, Will, Illinois
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
631 Western Ave Joliet, Will, Illinois
Bernice & Heloise Gray are listed as Blatt, Bernice is now a son? -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
808 Sherwood Place Joliet, Will, Illinois
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