Merle ConnorAge: 73 years1893–1967
- Name
- Merle Connor
- Given names
- Merle
- Surname
- Connor
- Married name
- Merle Patman
 Birth | November 17, 1893 25 26 Note: Tombstone says: 17 NOV 1893 but 1900 & 1910 Census says she's older DEC 1891. -b |
 Birth of a brother | Zoie Fred Connor December 12, 1895 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah E Tatum February 22, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 7, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Ira Connor — Alice Dowell Purcell — View this family estimated 1902 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Calhoun Connor June 14, 1904 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Bessie Irene Connor September 25, 1904 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | James Ira Connor October 19, 1909 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Jane “Sallie” Reid March 13, 1915 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 9, 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Harold Patman December 18, 1921 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Neff “Bill” Patman March 26, 1927 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Charles Matthew Patman March 7, 1929 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 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 |
| Death of a son | Charles Matthew Patman August 6, 1939 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 father | John Ira Connor March 13, 1950 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 half-brother | James Ira Connor July 30, 1960 (Age 66 years) Cause: Self inflicted gunshot wound - Suicide |
| Death of a brother | Zoie Fred Connor May 21, 1964 (Age 70 years) Cause: Cardiac Arrest |
| Death of a half-sister | Eva L Hardcastle 1966 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 | July 2, 1967 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Ira Connor Birth: April 13, 1868 20 18 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 13, 1950 — Winnsboro, Franklin, Louisiana, United States |
| mother |
Sarah E Tatum Birth: 1867 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 22, 1898 — Warren, Columbia, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 22, 1891 — Lafayette, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Paul H Connor Birth: September 10, 1893 25 26 — Waldo, Columbia, Arkansas, United States Death: March 31, 1976 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States |
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2 months herself |
Merle Connor Birth: November 17, 1893 25 26 — Cotton Belt, Greene, Arkansas, United States Death: July 2, 1967 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Zoie Fred Connor Birth: December 12, 1895 27 28 — Stamps, Lafayette, Arkansas, United States Death: May 21, 1964 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
| Father’s family with Alice Dowell Purcell |
| father |
John Ira Connor Birth: April 13, 1868 20 18 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 13, 1950 — Winnsboro, Franklin, Louisiana, United States |
| step-mother |
Alice Dowell Purcell Birth: January 26, 1875 — Black Hawk, Carroll, Mississippi, United States Death: November 20, 1949 — Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1902 — |
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3 years half-sister |
Bessie Irene Connor Birth: September 25, 1904 36 29 — Texas, United States Death: November 11, 1977 — Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, United States |
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5 years half-brother |
James Ira Connor Birth: October 19, 1909 41 34 — Texas, United States Death: July 30, 1960 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States |
| Mother’s family with W Calvin Hardcastle |
| step-father |
W Calvin Hardcastle Birth: about 1863 Death: 1887 |
| mother |
Sarah E Tatum Birth: 1867 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 22, 1898 — Warren, Columbia, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1883 — Lafayette, Arkansas, United States |
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13 months half-sister |
Olivia Hardcastle Birth: 1884 21 17 — Arkansas, United States Death: 1973 |
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3 years half-sister |
Eva L Hardcastle Birth: 1886 23 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: 1966 |
| Mother’s family with E B Suggs |
| step-father |
E B Suggs Birth: 1863 — Arkansas, United States Death: |
| mother |
Sarah E Tatum Birth: 1867 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 22, 1898 — Warren, Columbia, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 10, 1890 — Lafayette, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with John William Wright Patman |
| husband |
John William Wright Patman Birth: August 6, 1893 — Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, United States Death: March 7, 1976 — Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States |
| herself |
Merle Connor Birth: November 17, 1893 25 26 — Cotton Belt, Greene, Arkansas, United States Death: July 2, 1967 — Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
James Harold Patman Birth: December 18, 1921 28 28 — Cass, Texas, United States Death: January 18, 1985 — Austin, Travis, Texas, United States |
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5 years son |
William Neff “Bill” Patman Birth: March 26, 1927 33 33 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States Death: December 9, 2008 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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23 months son |
Charles Matthew Patman Birth: March 7, 1929 35 35 — Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States Death: August 6, 1939 — Miller, Arkansas, United States |
| John William Wright Patman + Private |
| husband |
John William Wright Patman Birth: August 6, 1893 — Hughes Springs, Cass, Texas, United States Death: March 7, 1976 — Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Private |
Merle Connor has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Oscar Grant Gillmore + Carrie Eugenea Connor
Mother's family (0)
| Birth | Tombstone says: 17 NOV 1893 but 1900 & 1910 Census says she's older DEC 1891. -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Ira Connor - Household
Warren, Columbia, arkansas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Ira Connor - Household
Marion, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John William Wright Patman - Household
Linden, Cass, Texas
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