The Shemwell Family

Pearl Mae SissellAge: 85 years18831968

Name
Pearl Mae Sissell
Given names
Pearl Mae
Surname
Sissell
Married name
Pearl Mae Milner
Birth January 9, 1883 35 27
MarriageJonas Bernard “Burr” MilnerView this family
unknown

Birth of a brotherFred Sissell
April 13, 1885 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Clark Sissell
August 4, 1887 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice Etta Sissell
October 13, 1889 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherAlvin Elmer “Pete” Sissell
October 1889 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterEdna Sissell
November 1891 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 9, 1900 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Raymond Milner
1906 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Cecile Milner
1907 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Irma Milner
1910 (Age 26 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Leonard B Milner
1912 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 sisterMyrtle A Sissell
February 15, 1919 (Age 36 years)
Census January 12, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Death of a brotherAlbert Egbert Sissell
after 1920 (Age 36 years)

Death of a paternal grandmotherEleanor “Ellen” Clauson
November 22, 1921 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherJoseph Garrett Sissell
August 3, 1925 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherMary Etta Clark
December 9, 1928 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 2, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 husbandJonas Bernard “Burr” Milner
May 12, 1947 (Age 64 years)
Death of a sisterNina Gertrude Sissell
November 19, 1951 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 66 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 brotherAlvin Elmer “Pete” Sissell
May 16, 1957 (Age 74 years)

Death of a brotherFred Sissell
February 16, 1963 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sisterEsta E Sissell
August 13, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Clark Sissell
December 16, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 3, 1968 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 27, 1871Union, Monroe, Iowa, United States
22 months
elder brother
Albert Egbert Sissell
Birth: September 27, 1873 26 17Iowa, United States
Death: after 1920
2 years
elder sister
22 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
3 years
herself
2 years
younger brother
Fred Sissell
Birth: April 13, 1885 38 29Kansas, United States
Death: February 16, 1963United States
2 years
younger brother
George Clark Sissell
Birth: August 4, 1887 40 31Stockton, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: December 16, 1964United States
2 years
younger sister
1 month
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Family with Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
2 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
3 years
son

Pearl Mae Sissell has 22 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Garrett Sissell - Household

Fairview Twp, Republic, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Sissell, Joseph headWMFeb184654M27TNTNTN
Sissell, MarywifeWFNov185544M271010IAILIA
Sissell, MyrtledaughterWFSep187722SIATNIA
Sissell, MirmadaughterWFFeb188020SKSTNIA
Sissell, PearldaughterWFFeb188317SKSTNIA
Sissell, FredsonWMApr188515SKSTNIA
Sissell, GeorgesonWMAug188712SKSTNIA
Sissell, AlicedaughterWFOct188910SKSTNIA
Sissell, ElmersonWMOct188910SKSTNIA
Sissell, EdnadaughterWFNov18918SKSTNIA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner - Household

Scania Twp, Republic, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Milner, BernardheadMW27M4KSMOMOfarmer
Milner, PearlwifeFW27M433KSTNIA
Milner, WilliamsonMW3SKSKSKS
Milner, CeciledaughterMW2SKSKSKS
Milner, ErmadaughterFW3 monthsSKSKSKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner - Household

Stockton, Rooks, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Milner, Jonas BheadMW35MKSMOMOfarm laborer
Milner, Pearl MwifeFW36MKSTNIA
Milner, Raymond WsonMW13SKSKSKS
Milner, Cecile EdaughterFW12SKSKSKS
Milner, Irma AdaughterFW9SKSKSKS
Milner, Leonard BsonMW7SKSKSKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jonas Bernard “Burr” Milner - Household

Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Milner, Jonas BheadMW47MKSOHILlaborerodd jobs
Milner, Pearl MwifeFW48MINUSTN