Robert Herman WeaksAge: 95 years1893–1989
- Name
- Robert Herman Weaks
- Given names
- Robert Herman
- Surname
- Weaks
 Birth | December 30, 1893 31 35 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Mahalia Adeline Dodd before October 1896 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Emily Winifred Gross April 30, 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 1, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | Mark Monroe Weaks October 1, 1915 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Allen Levi Weaks October 27, 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 |
 Marriage | Alsie Rebecca Baughn — View this family August 10, 1917 (Age 23 years) |
| 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/ |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Clodine Weaks January 12, 1923 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Clodine Weaks January 13, 1923 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Robert Herman Weaks Jr. October 30, 1928 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a son | Robert Herman Weaks Jr. October 30, 1928 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Preston Weaks August 22, 1929 (Age 35 years) Cause: peritinitis |
| 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 |
| Census | April 9, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a mother | Georgia Ann Shemwell October 25, 1934 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 wife | Alsie Rebecca Baughn October 6, 1948 (Age 54 years) Cause: heart disease |
| Marriage | Thelma Shy — View this family December 23, 1950 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lillian Izora Weaks June 24, 1952 (Age 58 years) Cause: pneumonia |
| 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 brother | Lurton Edgar Weaks October 14, 1959 (Age 65 years) Cause: Carcinoma of the liver |
| Death of a sister | Zula Ann Weaks August 1966 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ruth Weaks April 1973 (Age 79 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Ruth Weaks April 1973 (Age 79 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rocky Springs Cemetery |
| 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 of a wife | Thelma Shy June 1987 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | February 4, 1989 (Age 95 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove 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 elder brother |
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 elder sister |
Zula Ann Weaks Birth: March 22, 1886 24 27 — Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: August 1966 |
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2 years elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
Robert Herman Weaks Birth: December 30, 1893 31 35 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1989 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Alsie Rebecca Baughn |
| himself |
Robert Herman Weaks Birth: December 30, 1893 31 35 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1989 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Alsie Rebecca Baughn Birth: November 27, 1892 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 1948 — Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: August 10, 1917 — Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Clodine Weaks Birth: January 12, 1923 29 30 — Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 1923 — New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
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6 years son |
Robert Herman Weaks Jr. Birth: October 30, 1928 34 35 — Missouri, United States Death: October 30, 1928 — Missouri, United States |
| Family with Thelma Shy |
| himself |
Robert Herman Weaks Birth: December 30, 1893 31 35 — Houston, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1989 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Thelma Shy Birth: September 22, 1901 — Missouri, United States Death: June 1987 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 23, 1950 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Robert Herman 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 - Mark Monroe Weaks - Household
Abbington Road? Houston, Tennessee
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lurton Edgar Weaks - Household
New Madrid, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Herman Weaks - Household
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
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