Ora Bell PotterAge: 65 years1897–1962
- Name
- Ora Bell Potter
- Given names
- Ora Bell
- Surname
- Potter
- Married name
- Ora Bell Burd
 Birth | July 28, 1897 23 17 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 months)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 |
 Birth of a sister | Octa Potter October 8, 1898 (Age 14 months) |
 Census | June 10, 1900 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1901 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Ishamel Higdon Whitlow June 5, 1903 (Age 5 years) Cause: Typhoid fever (Since May 22, 1903) |
| Birth of a sister | Nettie May Potter August 5, 1903 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Vinita Francis Potter June 14, 1906 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Frances Bruce January 7, 1908 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
 Religious marriage | Leslie Howe Burd — View this family August 5, 1914 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Marjorie Juanita Burd August 3, 1915 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 | January 19, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Glenva Belle Burd March 6, 1923 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Robert Leslie Burd May 1, 1926 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jacob Potter December 11, 1928 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 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 12, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert Leslie Burd June 21, 1950 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 mother | Flora Dell Whitlow November 19, 1959 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a father | James Bruce Potter May 15, 1962 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 10, 1962 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Bruce Potter Birth: June 18, 1874 33 35 — Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Flora Dell Whitlow Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 19, 1959 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 21, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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9 months herself |
Ora Bell Potter Birth: July 28, 1897 23 17 — Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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14 months younger sister |
Octa Potter Birth: October 8, 1898 24 18 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 21, 1979 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Nettie May Potter Birth: August 5, 1903 29 23 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 3, 1997 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Vinita Francis Potter Birth: June 14, 1906 31 25 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 26, 2006 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Leslie Howe Burd |
| husband |
Leslie Howe Burd Birth: February 9, 1895 — Chehalis, Lewis, Washington, United States Death: June 2, 1992 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Ora Bell Potter Birth: July 28, 1897 23 17 — Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: August 5, 1914 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Marjorie Juanita Burd Birth: August 3, 1915 20 18 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 27, 2007 — Jerico Springs, Cedar, Missouri, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Glenva Belle Burd Birth: March 6, 1923 28 25 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 17, 2014 — Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years son |
Robert Leslie Burd Birth: May 1, 1926 31 28 — Missouri, United States Death: June 5, 1998 — Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States |
Ora Bell Potter has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (14)
Parents Obie Reed Williams + Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow
Parents Dorsey John Whitlow + Myrtle “Mattie” Parks
Parents Henry Clay Whitlow + Nellie Elizabeth Mercer
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Howe Burd - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Howe Burd - Household
Trigg Street Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Howe Burd - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
Willow, Roma - maybe Whitlow -b |