Lois BlattAge: 99 years1905–2005
- Name
- Lois Blatt
- Given names
- Lois
- Surname
- Blatt
 Birth | November 13, 1905 29 27 |
 Birth of a brother | George Neil Blatt Jr. April 15, 1908 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 mother | Lulu Ethel Spotts January 26, 1917 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 of a parent | George Neil Blatt — Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell — View this family calculated 1918 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 12 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 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 |
| Death of a father | George Neil Blatt October 12, 1956 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | George Neil Blatt Jr. June 1962 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 | April 9, 2005 (Age 99 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Neil Blatt Birth: October 22, 1876 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 1956 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
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 herself |
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 younger brother |
George Neil Blatt Jr. Birth: April 15, 1908 31 29 — Will, Illinois, United States Death: June 1962 — Will, Illinois, United States |
| Father’s family with Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell |
| father |
George Neil Blatt Birth: October 22, 1876 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 1956 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
| step-mother |
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 — |
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| 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
Bernice & Heloise Gray are listed as Blatt |