Ersel Belle TroutmanAge: 77 years1914–1991
- Name
- Ersel Belle Troutman
- Given names
- Ersel Belle
- Surname
- Troutman
- Married name
- Ersel Belle Metcalf
 Birth | March 20, 1914 22 18 |
 Census | March 1, 1915 (Age 11 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Thelma Marie Troutman April 14, 1915 (Age 12 months) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Nathaniel Francis “Frank” Cottle 1916 (Age 21 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Jessie Pearl Troutman January 9, 1917 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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 7, 1920 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lewis Wendell Troutman October 16, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Census | 1925 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Charles Edwin “Charlie” Troutman December 30, 1926 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 5, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Ezra Troutman September 23, 1931 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a brother | David Lee Troutman December 25, 1931 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Clara Belle Wilhite 1938 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Sheets December 28, 1948 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1950 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 father | Lewis Guy Troutman April 14, 1959 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Edna Belle Cottle February 13, 1965 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 brother | David Lee Troutman May 7, 1979 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a brother | Lewis Wendell Troutman June 10, 1990 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | May 14, 1991 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Eternal Hills Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Lewis Guy Troutman Birth: February 7, 1892 27 27 — Kansas, United States Death: April 14, 1959 — Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Edna Belle Cottle Birth: January 6, 1896 38 33 — Washington, Anderson, Kansas, United States Death: February 13, 1965 — Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1913 — Kansas, United States |
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15 months herself |
Ersel Belle Troutman Birth: March 20, 1914 22 18 — South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: May 14, 1991 — San Diego, California, United States |
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13 months younger sister |
Thelma Marie Troutman Birth: April 14, 1915 23 19 — Kansas, United States Death: August 8, 2011 — Kansas, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Jessie Pearl Troutman Birth: January 9, 1917 24 21 — Kansas, United States Death: April 11, 2011 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Lewis Wendell Troutman Birth: October 16, 1920 28 24 — Kansas, United States Death: June 10, 1990 — Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Charles Edwin “Charlie” Troutman Birth: December 30, 1926 34 30 — South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: August 19, 2001 — Grove, Oklahoma, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
David Lee Troutman Birth: December 25, 1931 39 35 — South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: May 7, 1979 — South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Glenn Eldred Metcalf |
| husband |
Glenn Eldred Metcalf Birth: March 16, 1915 37 33 — Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States Death: May 3, 1994 — Vista, San Diego, California, United States |
| herself |
Ersel Belle Troutman Birth: March 20, 1914 22 18 — South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: May 14, 1991 — San Diego, California, United States |
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Ersel Belle Troutman has 12 first cousins recorded
Father's family (12)
Parents Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven + Mary Pearl Troutman
Parents Harry E Troutman + Edris Ruth Gardner
Parents Thomas Glee “Glen” Mason + Leota M Troutman
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Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1915 Kansas State - Census transcript - Lewis Guy Troutman - Household
South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Guy Troutman - Household
ED 184 South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Lewis Guy Troutman - Household
South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Guy Troutman - Household
ED 35 South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States
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