William Donald EkissAge: 53 years1905–1958
- Name
- William Donald Ekiss
- Given names
- William Donald
- Surname
- Ekiss
 Birth | April 27, 1905 21 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Curtis R Ekiss May 19, 1909 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dale Leroy Ekiss November 27, 1911 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Melissa Troutman February 7, 1920 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Gerald Mark Ekiss August 1, 1921 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a brother | Curtis R Ekiss November 18, 1921 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 24 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 9, 1930 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Franklin Rouch August 27, 1930 (Age 25 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Lester Ekiss — Bernice Cordelia Bennett — View this family about 1932 (Age 26 years) Note: Marriage date/place based upon when their first child, Harry, was born |
| Birth of a half-brother | Harry Travis Ekiss January 8, 1933 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Ekiss April 17, 1937 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 | May 1, 1950 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 brother | Dale Leroy Ekiss October 25, 1957 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | Lester Ekiss 1957 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 | September 27, 1958 (Age 53 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lester Ekiss Birth: October 11, 1883 25 23 — Walton, Lee, Illinois, United States Death: 1957 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| mother |
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 himself |
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 younger brother |
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 younger brother |
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 younger brother |
Gerald Mark Ekiss Birth: August 1, 1921 37 40 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: October 4, 2012 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
| Father’s family with Bernice Cordelia Bennett |
| father |
Lester Ekiss Birth: October 11, 1883 25 23 — Walton, Lee, Illinois, United States Death: 1957 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| step-mother |
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 half-brother |
Harry Travis Ekiss Birth: January 8, 1933 49 35 — Tarrant, Texas, United States Death: June 12, 2002 — Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Family with Ola Raye Baker |
| himself |
William Donald Ekiss Birth: April 27, 1905 21 24 — Macon, Illinois, United States Death: September 27, 1958 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Ola Raye Baker Birth: December 6, 1906 26 26 — Kansas, United States Death: January 28, 1975 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
| son |
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| son |
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William Donald Ekiss has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (17)
Parents Orval Thomas McKissick + Anna Mae Rouch
Parents Walter Ernest Rouch + Etta Eldora Hudson
Parents Mark Arnold Rouch Sr + Wynona Mae Barnard
Parents Harrison Leroy Clark + Cora Grace Rouch
Parents Bruce Randolph McGee + Mildred Pearl “Millie” Rouch
Parents Benjamin Harold VanGundy + Ella Myrtle Rouch
Parents Elbert Thomas Potter + Ella Myrtle Rouch
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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 - William Donald Ekiss - Household
Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
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