Lou Ida SissellAge: 85 years1859–1945
- Name
- Lou Ida Sissell
- Given names
- Lou Ida
- Surname
- Sissell
- Married name
- Lou Ida Kennedy
 Birth | September 9, 1859 39 31 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 15, 1860 (Age 9 months) |
 Birth of a brother | William Zachariah Sissell September 7, 1862 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | George A Sissell March 12, 1865 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 18 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Death of a father | Hamlin Findley Sissell October 24, 1865 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 7 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 9 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | July 16, 1870 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 18 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | William J Kennedy — View this family February 27, 1879 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Edgar Leroy Kennedy November 9, 1879 (Age 20 years) |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Harry Addison Kennedy October 8, 1881 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Hellen Kennedy January 1890 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | William S Kennedy June 1892 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 14, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a husband | William J Kennedy August 28, 1905 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Edgar Leroy Kennedy — Cora Sanford — View this family November 1, 1908 (Age 49 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Maxine Elizabeth Kennedy May 29, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Marvel Louise Kennedy June 24, 1912 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mildred Sissell August 6, 1912 (Age 52 years) |
| Census | 1915 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 56 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 57 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 58 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 mother | Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson November 22, 1921 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joseph Garrett Sissell August 3, 1925 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 70 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 | Edgar Leroy Kennedy March 27, 1930 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Elizabeth Sissell May 7, 1940 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Sissell December 1942 (Age 83 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 82 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 | June 14, 1945 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belleville Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Hamlin Findley Sissell Birth: August 27, 1820 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 24, 1865 — Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States |
| mother |
Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson Birth: December 27, 1827 22 18 — Shawneetown, Gallatin, Illinois, United States Death: November 22, 1921 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: 1842 — Tennessee, United States |
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5 years elder brother |
Joseph Garrett Sissell Birth: February 22, 1847 26 19 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: August 3, 1925 — Rooks, Kansas, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mildred Sissell Birth: September 19, 1849 29 21 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 6, 1912 — Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Ann Sissell Birth: February 1852 31 24 — Iowa, United States Death: December 1942 — Hubbell, Thayer, Nebraska, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Martha Elizabeth Sissell Birth: September 1854 34 26 — Iowa, United States Death: May 7, 1940 — Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Marinda Jane “Jennie” Sissell Birth: 1856 35 28 — Monroe, Iowa, United States Death: 1947 |
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4 years herself |
Lou Ida Sissell Birth: September 9, 1859 39 31 — Iowa, United States Death: June 14, 1945 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Zachariah Sissell Birth: September 7, 1862 42 34 — Iowa, United States Death: March 31, 1956 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
George A Sissell Birth: March 12, 1865 44 37 — Iowa, United States Death: |
| Family with William J Kennedy |
| husband |
William J Kennedy Birth: September 26, 1845 — Illinois, United States Death: August 28, 1905 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Lou Ida Sissell Birth: September 9, 1859 39 31 — Iowa, United States Death: June 14, 1945 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 27, 1879 — Republic, Kansas, United States |
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8 months son |
Edgar Leroy Kennedy Birth: November 9, 1879 34 20 — Republic, Kansas, United States Death: March 27, 1930 — Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States |
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23 months son |
Harry Addison Kennedy Birth: October 8, 1881 36 22 — Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States Death: |
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8 years daughter |
Hellen Kennedy Birth: January 1890 44 30 — Republic, Kansas, United States Death: |
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3 years son |
William S Kennedy Birth: June 1892 46 32 — Republic, Kansas, United States Death: |
Lou Ida Sissell has 9 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (9)
Parents Elijah Lancaster + Elizabeth Clauson
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Hamlin Sissell - Household
Marysville, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Eleanor “Ellen” Clauson - Household
Liberty, Marion, Iowa
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William J Kennedy - Household
Richland Twp, Republic, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William J Kennedy - Household
Richland Twp, Republic, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lou Ida Sissell - Household
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Lou Ida Sissell - Household
Cuba, Republic, Kansas, United States
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