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Billie Jean MerrifieldAge: 86 years19282014

Name
Billie Jean Merrifield
Given names
Billie Jean
Surname
Merrifield
Married name
Billie Jean Potter
Birth April 15, 1928 25 25
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 months)

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 1930 (Age 23 months)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 13 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 son
#1
Patrick Thomas Potter
April 20, 1951 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 21 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 fatherRaymond Lea Merrifield
August 31, 1967 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 17 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 motherRachel A Arvin
December 27, 1980 (Age 52 years)
Death of a husbandElbert Marion “Bud” Potter
July 4, 2004 (Age 76 years)
Death September 7, 2014 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: White Chapel Memorial Gardens
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father
Raymond Lea Merrifield
Birth: December 9, 1902Adams, Wisconsin, United States
Death: August 31, 1967Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
mother
Rachel A Arvin
Birth: March 17, 1903Bayard, Iowa, United States
Death: December 27, 1980Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1922
6 years
herself
Billie Jean Merrifield
Birth: April 15, 1928 25 25Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: September 7, 2014Clearwater, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
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husband
Elbert Marion “Bud” Potter
Birth: March 10, 1925 40 30Mulhall, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 4, 2004Attica, Harper, Kansas, United States
herself
Billie Jean Merrifield
Birth: April 15, 1928 25 25Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Death: September 7, 2014Clearwater, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Raymond Lea Merrifield - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Merryfield, Raymond LheadO1750NoMW27M19NoYesWIWIWIYesMail ForemanSteam Railway StationWYes
Merryfield, RachaelwifeFW27M19NoYesIAIAIAYesNone
Merryfield, PearldaughterFW6 years 5 monthsSYesKSWIIAYesNone
Merryfield, MildreddaughterFW4 years 5 monthsSNoKSWIIAYesNone
Merryfield, Billy JeandaughterFW2 years 1 monthS22NoKSWIIANoNone