Gerald Mark EkissAge: 91 years1921–2012
- Name
- Gerald Mark Ekiss
- Given names
- Gerald Mark
- Surname
- Ekiss
 Birth | August 1, 1921 37 40 |
 Death of a brother | Curtis R Ekiss November 18, 1921 (Age 3 months) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 8 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 24, 1930 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Franklin Rouch August 27, 1930 (Age 9 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Lester Ekiss — Bernice Cordelia Bennett — View this family about 1932 (Age 10 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 11 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Ekiss April 17, 1937 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Beth Ekiss August 22, 1952 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 36 years) |
| Death of a father | Lester Ekiss 1957 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Donald Ekiss September 27, 1958 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a mother | Eva Lee Rouch February 15, 1974 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 of a wife | Cecile Audine Snyder June 1, 1998 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Harry Travis Ekiss June 12, 2002 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Beth Ekiss January 25, 2004 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | October 4, 2012 (Age 91 years) |
| Obituary | Gerald Mark Ekiss Obituary October 5, 2012 (1 day after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Summit View Cemetery |
| 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 elder brother |
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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
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 Cecile Audine Snyder |
| himself |
Gerald Mark Ekiss Birth: August 1, 1921 37 40 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: October 4, 2012 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Cecile Audine Snyder Birth: September 10, 1923 24 23 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: June 1, 1998 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
| daughter |
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| daughter |
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| daughter |
Mary Beth Ekiss Birth: August 22, 1952 31 28 — Oklahoma, United States Death: January 25, 2004 — Oklahoma, United States |
| son |
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Gerald Mark 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 | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Eva Lee Rouch - Household
ED 10 Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
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