The Shemwell Family

Ola Raye BakerAge: 68 years19061975

Name
Ola Raye Baker
Given names
Ola Raye
Surname
Baker
Married name
Ola Raye Ekiss
Birth December 6, 1906 26 26
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 23 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherOliver Marshall Baker
1942 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 husbandWilliam Donald Ekiss
September 27, 1958 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherHelen Bessie Ray
May 14, 1962 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 January 28, 1975 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Wichita Park Cemetery and Mausoleum
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father
Oliver Marshall Baker
Birth: July 18, 1880Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: 1942Kansas, United States
mother
Helen Bessie Ray
Birth: April 16, 1880South Union, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 14, 1962Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Marriage: September 17, 1904Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
herself
Ola Raye Baker
Birth: December 6, 1906 26 26Kansas, United States
Death: January 28, 1975Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Family with William Donald Ekiss - View this family
husband
William Donald Ekiss
Birth: April 27, 1905 21 24Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: September 27, 1958Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
herself
Ola Raye Baker
Birth: December 6, 1906 26 26Kansas, United States
Death: January 28, 1975Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
son
Private
son
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Marshall Baker - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, Oliver MheadMW29M15ILILINEnglishTrimmerFarm ShopWNo0YesYesOMH
Baker, Bessie RwifeFW29M1511KYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
Baker, RayedaughterFW3SKSILKYNone
Ray, Josephinesister-in-lawFW32SKYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Donald Ekiss - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ekiss, William DheadR35NoMW27M26ILILINYesPrinterPublishing CoWYes
Ekiss, Ola RayewifeFW23M22KSILKYYesStenographerLumber CoWYes
Ekiss, Dale LbrotherMW18SILILINYesEngraverPublishing CoWYes