Ethert Bron HesterAge: 78 years1877–1955
- Name
- Ethert Bron Hester
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- birth name
- Given names
- Ethert Bron
- Surname
- Hester
Note: Esthel
 Birth | January 6, 1877 29 30 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Floyd August 21, 1878 (Age 19 months) Cause: Rheumatic fever |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 months)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Alton Bell Hester December 11, 1879 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 10, 1880 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Marquis “Squire Jim” Shemwell November 4, 1880 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elizabeth Brownhouse June 10, 1881 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Garland Hester September 14, 1881 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | Garland Hester October 24, 1881 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Jessie Hester May 19, 1884 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mattie Stella Hester September 2, 1885 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James H Hester January 3, 1895 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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 23, 1900 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell April 19, 1921 (Age 44 years) Cause: Senile Dementia |
| Death of a father | James William Hester July 2, 1926 (Age 49 years) Cause: Dysentery |
 Marriage | Sophia Jane Ballard — View this family about 1929 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 52 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 wife | Sophia Jane Ballard 1942 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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 sister | Mattie Stella Hester May 6, 1949 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Alton Bell Hester December 26, 1949 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 72 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 68 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 | May 15, 1955 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James William Hester Birth: February 14, 1847 39 37 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 2, 1926 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell Birth: August 9, 1846 35 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 19, 1921 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 6, 1871 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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Arthur Clinton Hester Birth: July 25, 1871 24 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 22, 1956 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Flora Hester Birth: January 17, 1875 27 28 Death: February 4, 1875 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Poppie Eleanor Hester Birth: March 25, 1876 29 29 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 27, 1960 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months himself |
Ethert Bron Hester Birth: January 6, 1877 29 30 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 15, 1955 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Alton Bell Hester Birth: December 11, 1879 32 33 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 26, 1949 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Garland Hester Birth: September 14, 1881 34 35 Death: October 24, 1881 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Jessie Hester Birth: May 19, 1884 37 37 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1956 |
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15 months younger sister |
Mattie Stella Hester Birth: September 2, 1885 38 39 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 6, 1949 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Sophia Jane Ballard |
| himself |
Ethert Bron Hester Birth: January 6, 1877 29 30 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 15, 1955 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Sophia Jane Ballard Birth: 1884 Death: 1942 |
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Marriage: about 1929 — |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James William Hester - Household
Sharon, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James William Hester - Household
Sharon Grove Todd Ky
Note: Clifty Magisterial District - Listed having nine (9) children, only six (6) living. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James William Hester - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Name | Esthel |