Lester EkissAge: 73 years1883–1957
- Name
- Lester Ekiss
- Given names
- Lester
- Surname
- Ekiss
 Birth | October 11, 1883 25 23 |
 Death of a mother | Mary E Gamble November 12, 1889 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 16 years) |
 Marriage | Eva Lee Rouch — View this family January 9, 1904 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William Donald Ekiss April 27, 1905 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Curtis R Ekiss May 19, 1909 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Dale Leroy Ekiss November 27, 1911 (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/ |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Gerald Mark Ekiss August 1, 1921 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a son | Curtis R Ekiss November 18, 1921 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 45 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 4, 1930 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage | Bernice Cordelia Bennett — View this family about 1932 (Age 48 years) Note: Marriage date/place based upon when their first child, Harry, was born |
| Birth of a son #5 | Harry Travis Ekiss January 8, 1933 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | William Ekiss April 17, 1937 (Age 53 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 56 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 |
| Census | April 10, 1950 (Age 66 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Beth Ekiss August 22, 1952 (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 son | Dale Leroy Ekiss October 25, 1957 (Age 74 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 | 1957 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodland Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Ekiss Birth: January 22, 1858 — Coles, Illinois, United States Death: April 17, 1937 — Dalton City, Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary E Gamble Birth: February 11, 1860 — Montgomery, Illinois, United States Death: November 12, 1889 — Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: December 25, 1878 — Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
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Lester Ekiss Birth: October 11, 1883 25 23 — Walton, Lee, Illinois, United States Death: 1957 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Eva Lee Rouch |
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Lester Ekiss Birth: October 11, 1883 25 23 — Walton, Lee, Illinois, United States Death: 1957 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Eva Lee Rouch Birth: December 11, 1880 24 22 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: February 15, 1974 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: January 9, 1904 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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16 months son |
William Donald Ekiss Birth: April 27, 1905 21 24 — Macon, Illinois, United States Death: September 27, 1958 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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4 years son |
Curtis R Ekiss Birth: May 19, 1909 25 28 — Macon, Illinois, United States Death: November 18, 1921 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years son |
Dale Leroy Ekiss Birth: November 27, 1911 28 30 — Macon, Illinois, United States Death: October 25, 1957 — Colorado, United States |
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10 years son |
Gerald Mark Ekiss Birth: August 1, 1921 37 40 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: October 4, 2012 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Bernice Cordelia Bennett |
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Lester Ekiss Birth: October 11, 1883 25 23 — Walton, Lee, Illinois, United States Death: 1957 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Bernice Cordelia Bennett Birth: January 13, 1897 — West Plains, Howell, Missouri, United States Death: September 13, 1965 — Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: about 1932 — Texas, United States |
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1 year son |
Harry Travis Ekiss Birth: January 8, 1933 49 35 — Tarrant, Texas, United States Death: June 12, 2002 — Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Ekiss - Household
Milam, Macon, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lester Ekiss - Household
ED 129 Mt Zion, Macon, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Curtis R Ekiss - Household
ED 175 Marrowbone, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Bernice Cordelia Bennett - Household
Ed 10, Precinct 2 Tarrant, Texas, United States
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| Marriage | Marriage date/place based upon when their first child, Harry, was born | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Lester Ekiss - Household
Sand Springs, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Lester Ekiss - Household
Wekiwa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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