The Shemwell Family

Durant Murray BallanceAge: 52 years18821935

Name
Durant Murray Ballance
Given names
Durant Murray
Surname
Ballance
Birth June 12, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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
MarriageRoberta Mae “Bertie” HarrisView this family
September 20, 1906 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Durant Murray Ballance Jr.
June 27, 1909 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lydia Elizabeth Ballance
March 7, 1911 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Herbert Edgar Ballance
October 20, 1915 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 34 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
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 35 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 March 2, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 47 years)
Marriage of a childDurant Murray Ballance Jr.Beulah Estella VenableView this family
April 26, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childBernard M LafaveLydia Elizabeth BallanceView this family
December 25, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Death of a wifeRoberta Mae “Bertie” Harris
August 4, 1932 (Age 50 years)
Death March 17, 1935 (Age 52 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery
Family with Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris - View this family
himself
wife
Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris
Birth: December 17, 1887 30 25Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 4, 1932Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: September 20, 1906Alamance, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Durant Murray Ballance Jr.
Birth: June 27, 1909 27 21Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 5, 1969New York, New York, United States
20 months
daughter
Lydia Elizabeth Ballance
Birth: March 7, 1911 28 23Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 15, 1986Jefferson, Texas, United States
5 years
son
Herbert Edgar Ballance
Birth: October 20, 1915 33 27Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 17, 2001Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Durant Murray Ballance - Household

211 South Mendenhall Street Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ballance, Durant MheadMW35MNCNCNCMfr CandyGreensborro NC
Ballance, BertwifeFW32MNCNCNC
Ballance, MurraysonMW10SNCNCNC
Ballance, LydiadaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Ballance, HerbertsonMW4-4mSNCNCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Durant Murray Ballance - Household

2619 Camden Road Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ballance, D MheadMW43M23NCNCNCSalesmanWholesale candy
Ballance, BertiewifeFW42M22NCNCNC
Ballance, MurraysonMW20SNCNCNCSalesmanWholesale candy
Ballance, LydiadaughterFW15SNCNCNC
Ballance, HerbertsonMW14SNCNCNC