Elijah Wesley “Lige” BratcherAge: 71 years1897–1969
- Name
- Elijah Wesley “Lige” Bratcher
- Given names
- Elijah Wesley
- Surname
- Bratcher
- Nickname
- Lige
 Birth | October 18, 1897 31 25 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 brother | Robert L Bratcher about 1906 (Age 8 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/ |
| Death of a father | Thomas Wesley Bratcher 1923 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary C Vickers October 26, 1924 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Harold Lloyd Bratcher June 6, 1925 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Dean Doyle Bratcher June 15, 1927 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 31 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 |
| Birth of a son #3 | Jack Delane Bratcher December 28, 1929 (Age 32 years) |
 Census | April 2, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Jimmy Milton Bratcher September 17, 1932 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Gerald Wayne “Jerry” Bratcher July 30, 1934 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | J T “Teek” Bratcher March 28, 1936 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Gordon Ray Bratcher March 7, 1938 (Age 40 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | Derrell Gene Bratcher April 3, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a son | Gordon Ray Bratcher June 18, 1945 (Age 47 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Jimmy Milton Bratcher — Geraldine Mollie “Jerri” Weathers — View this family February 1, 1952 (Age 54 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Carl Kent Bratcher July 16, 1956 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Kenneth L “Kenny” Bratcher August 17, 1958 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a son | Gerald Wayne “Jerry” Bratcher November 24, 1963 (Age 66 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 | January 27, 1969 (Age 71 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tecumseh Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Wesley Bratcher Birth: June 6, 1866 — Warren, Tennessee, United States Death: 1923 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
| mother |
Mary C Vickers Birth: March 1872 — DeKalb, Tennessee, United States Death: October 26, 1924 — McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States |
| himself |
Elijah Wesley “Lige” Bratcher Birth: October 18, 1897 31 25 — Warren, Tennessee, United States Death: January 27, 1969 — Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
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9 years younger brother |
Robert L Bratcher Birth: about 1906 39 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
| brother |
Private |
| Family with Florence Ida Ginn |
| himself |
Elijah Wesley “Lige” Bratcher Birth: October 18, 1897 31 25 — Warren, Tennessee, United States Death: January 27, 1969 — Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Florence Ida Ginn Birth: June 1, 1902 28 22 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: November 13, 1996 |
| son |
Harold Lloyd Bratcher Birth: June 6, 1925 27 23 — Johnson, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: July 3, 2014 — Del City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years son |
Dean Doyle Bratcher Birth: June 15, 1927 29 25 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: March 28, 2005 — Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years son |
Jack Delane Bratcher Birth: December 28, 1929 32 27 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: December 22, 1997 — Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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3 years son |
Jimmy Milton Bratcher Birth: September 17, 1932 34 30 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: May 1976 — Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States |
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22 months son |
Gerald Wayne “Jerry” Bratcher Birth: July 30, 1934 36 32 — Tecumseh, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: November 24, 1963 — Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
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20 months son |
J T “Teek” Bratcher Birth: March 28, 1936 38 33 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: March 29, 2007 — Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States |
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23 months son |
Gordon Ray Bratcher Birth: March 7, 1938 40 35 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: June 18, 1945 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years son |
Derrell Gene Bratcher Birth: April 3, 1940 42 37 — Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States Death: January 10, 2007 — Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Private |
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Elijah Wesley “Lige” Bratcher - Household
Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
Darrel's name is scratched out? -b |