The Shemwell Family

Durant Murray Ballance Jr.Age: 60 years19091969

Name
Durant Murray Ballance Jr.
Given names
Durant Murray
Surname
Ballance
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth June 27, 1909 27 21
Birth of a sisterLydia Elizabeth Ballance
March 7, 1911 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brotherHerbert Edgar Ballance
October 20, 1915 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 20 years)
MarriageBeulah Estella VenableView this family
April 26, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherRoberta Mae “Bertie” Harris
August 4, 1932 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherDurant Murray Ballance
March 17, 1935 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherDora Elizabeth Shemwell
August 13, 1935 (Age 26 years)
Note: Says father was Thomas
Death of a maternal grandfatherJulius Kerr Harris
May 21, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 36 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 September 5, 1969 (Age 60 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery
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father
mother
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
himself
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
younger sister
Lydia Elizabeth Ballance
Birth: March 7, 1911 28 23Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 15, 1986Jefferson, Texas, United States
5 years
younger brother
Herbert Edgar Ballance
Birth: October 20, 1915 33 27Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 17, 2001Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Family with Beulah Estella Venable - View this family
himself
Durant Murray Ballance Jr.
Birth: June 27, 1909 27 21Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 5, 1969New York, New York, United States
wife
Beulah Estella Venable
Birth: March 25, 1909Pilot Mountain, Surry, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 25, 2000Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 26, 1930Danville, Virginia, United States

Durant Murray Ballance Jr. has 3 first cousins recorded

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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