Ural Edwin HesterAge: 75 years1915–1991
- Name
- Ural Edwin Hester
- Given names
- Ural Edwin
- Surname
- Hester
 Birth | May 3, 1915 18 16 |
 Birth of a brother | Leon E Hester December 21, 1916 (Age 19 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | Russell Brandon Hester October 24, 1918 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 months)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 2 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 | February 4, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lelton Glen Hester December 8, 1921 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Floyd Irvin Hester February 27, 1925 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Emilou Hester June 28, 1929 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 2, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Billy Ardell Hester January 25, 1935 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Bobbie Ray Hester August 26, 1936 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Bonnie Faye Hester August 26, 1936 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a brother | Bobbie Ray Hester August 29, 1936 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a sister | Bonnie Faye Hester August 29, 1936 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Betty Jean Hester July 29, 1937 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Ural Brandon Hester February 20, 1942 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eliza Ann “Liza” Burkhart February 26, 1942 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Henry Isaac Shamwell July 3, 1943 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a son | Ural Brandon Hester May 21, 1944 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 | Ellis Reed Hester April 2, 1972 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emilou Hester December 20, 1974 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 of a brother | Leon E Hester October 8, 1977 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Lilly Shamwell November 26, 1982 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a brother | Russell Brandon Hester November 23, 1986 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | March 11, 1991 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ellis Reed Hester Birth: May 4, 1896 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 2, 1972 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Eva Lilly Shamwell Birth: May 29, 1898 30 31 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 26, 1982 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| himself |
Ural Edwin Hester Birth: May 3, 1915 18 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 11, 1991 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months younger brother |
Leon E Hester Birth: December 21, 1916 20 18 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: October 8, 1977 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Russell Brandon Hester Birth: October 24, 1918 22 20 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: November 23, 1986 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Lelton Glen Hester Birth: December 8, 1921 25 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 7, 2001 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| brother |
Private |
| younger brother |
Floyd Irvin Hester Birth: February 27, 1925 28 26 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: November 9, 2004 — Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Emilou Hester Birth: June 28, 1929 33 31 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: December 20, 1974 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Bobbie Ray Hester Birth: August 26, 1936 40 38 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: August 29, 1936 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| younger sister |
Bonnie Faye Hester Birth: August 26, 1936 40 38 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: August 29, 1936 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Mary Belle Sherron |
| himself |
Ural Edwin Hester Birth: May 3, 1915 18 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 11, 1991 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Mary Belle Sherron Birth: August 13, 1917 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 10, 1995 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Billy Ardell Hester Birth: January 25, 1935 19 17 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: December 2, 2017 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Betty Jean Hester Birth: July 29, 1937 22 19 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: January 6, 2017 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
Ural Brandon Hester Birth: February 20, 1942 26 24 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: May 21, 1944 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
Ural Edwin Hester has 8 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (8)
Parents Barney S Shamwell + Myrtle Maybelle Shyer
Parents Alfred Euphrates “Phrates” Oliver + Grace May Shamwell
Parents James Thomas “Tom” Shamwell + Gustus Pauline Wallace
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ellis Reed Hester - Household
Carbondale Road Montgomery, Tennessee
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