Herbert Edgar BallanceAge: 85 years1915–2001
- Name
- Herbert Edgar Ballance
- Given names
- Herbert Edgar
- Surname
- Ballance
 Birth | October 20, 1915 33 27 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 months)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 14 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 | March 2, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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) |
 Death of a mother | Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris August 4, 1932 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Durant Murray Ballance March 17, 1935 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Dora Elizabeth Shemwell August 13, 1935 (Age 19 years) Note: Says father was Thomas |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Julius Kerr Harris May 21, 1939 (Age 23 years) |
 Marriage | Eunice Elizabeth Barber — View this family August 12, 1939 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Herbert Edgar Ballance Jr. April 3, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1940 (Age 24 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 brother | Durant Murray Ballance Jr. September 5, 1969 (Age 53 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 wife | Eunice Elizabeth Barber October 12, 1983 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lydia Elizabeth Ballance September 15, 1986 (Age 70 years) |
 Death | October 17, 2001 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Durant Murray Ballance Birth: June 12, 1882 — Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: March 17, 1935 — Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Roberta Mae “Bertie” Harris Birth: December 17, 1887 30 25 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: August 4, 1932 — Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: September 20, 1906 — Alamance, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Durant Murray Ballance Jr. Birth: June 27, 1909 27 21 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: September 5, 1969 — New York, New York, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Lydia Elizabeth Ballance Birth: March 7, 1911 28 23 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: September 15, 1986 — Jefferson, Texas, United States |
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5 years himself |
Herbert Edgar Ballance Birth: October 20, 1915 33 27 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 2001 — Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States |
| Family with Eunice Elizabeth Barber |
| himself |
Herbert Edgar Ballance Birth: October 20, 1915 33 27 — Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 2001 — Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Eunice Elizabeth Barber Birth: February 4, 1914 — Scotland, North Carolina, United States Death: October 12, 1983 — Jefferson, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: August 12, 1939 — Danville, Virginia, United States |
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8 months son |
Herbert Edgar Ballance Jr. Birth: April 3, 1940 24 26 — Guilford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 25, 2003 — Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States |
Herbert Edgar Ballance has 3 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (3)
Parents Wilkes Estes Lowe Sr + Margaret L “Maggie” Harris
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Durant Murray Ballance - Household
211 South Mendenhall Street Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Durant Murray Ballance - Household
2619 Camden Road Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Edgar Ballance - Household
Bessemer, Guilford, North Carolina
Boarders in the Floyd Barbour household |