Lurton Edgar WeaksAge: 75 years1884–1959
- Name
- Lurton Edgar Weaks
- Given names
- Lurton Edgar
- Surname
- Weaks
 Birth | 1884 21 25 Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
 Birth of a sister | Zula Ann Weaks March 22, 1886 (Age 2 years) Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Birth of a sister | Alpha Omega Weaks June 14, 1888 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Johnny Frederick Weaks April 11, 1890 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a brother | Johnny Frederick Weaks April 26, 1891 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alpha Omega Weaks May 9, 1891 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Preston Weaks February 20, 1892 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Herman Weaks December 30, 1893 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mahalia Adeline Dodd before October 1896 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Emily Winifred Gross April 30, 1898 (Age 14 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | Rose L “Lena” Shroat — View this family February 12, 1908 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Leraun Alene Weaks September 22, 1908 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Agatha Beatrice Weaks May 20, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Mark Monroe Weaks October 1, 1915 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Allen Levi Weaks October 27, 1915 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/ |
| Death of a wife | Rose L “Lena” Shroat April 18, 1919 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Preston Weaks August 22, 1929 (Age 45 years) Cause: peritinitis |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 45 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Albert D Parks — Agatha Beatrice Weaks — View this family June 5, 1931 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leonard C Baughn — Leraun Alene Weaks — View this family August 15, 1931 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Donald Kaye Baughn February 11, 1933 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a mother | Georgia Ann Shemwell October 25, 1934 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 |
| Death of a sister | Lillian Izora Weaks June 24, 1952 (Age 68 years) Cause: pneumonia |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 66 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 62 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 | October 14, 1959 (Age 75 years) Cause of death: Carcinoma of the liver |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sikeston City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Mark Monroe Weaks Birth: January 2, 1862 24 20 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 1, 1915 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Georgia Ann Shemwell Birth: April 28, 1858 43 23 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1934 — Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 2, 1878 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Ruth Weaks Birth: July 19, 1880 18 22 Death: April 1973 — Tennessee, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Lillian Izora Weaks Birth: December 25, 1881 19 23 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: June 24, 1952 — Elvins, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
Lurton Edgar Weaks Birth: 1884 21 25 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 14, 1959 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Zula Ann Weaks Birth: March 22, 1886 24 27 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: August 1966 |
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2 years younger sister |
Alpha Omega Weaks Birth: June 14, 1888 26 30 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: May 9, 1891 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Johnny Frederick Weaks Birth: April 11, 1890 28 31 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: April 26, 1891 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
William Preston Weaks Birth: February 20, 1892 30 33 — Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: August 22, 1929 — Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Robert Herman Weaks Birth: December 30, 1893 31 35 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1989 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Rose L “Lena” Shroat |
| himself |
Lurton Edgar Weaks Birth: 1884 21 25 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: October 14, 1959 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Rose L “Lena” Shroat Birth: April 15, 1886 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 18, 1919 — Scott, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: February 12, 1908 — Gibson, Tennessee, United States |
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7 months daughter |
Leraun Alene Weaks Birth: September 22, 1908 24 22 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: March 11, 1990 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
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20 months daughter |
Agatha Beatrice Weaks Birth: May 20, 1910 26 24 — Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: December 4, 2000 — Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States |
Lurton Edgar Weaks has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents William Thomas Chadwick + Nancy Freedona Weaks
Parents James Frederick “Jim” Weaks + Sarah Florence Shemwell
Mother's family (9)
Parents William Henry Shemwell + Julia A McMillan
Parents Joseph Zachariah “Joe” Shemwell + Nancy Ann “Anna” McMillan
Parents Thomas Shemwell + Ida Lee Williams
Parents James Elbert Shemwell + Margaret Caroline “Maggie” Miller
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Mark Monroe Weaks - Household
Civil District 4 Midway town Houston, Tennessee, USA
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lurton Edgar Weaks - Household
New Madrid, Missouri
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