Bernice Lee BlattAge: 66 years1907–1973
- Name
- Bernice Lee Blatt
- Given names
- Bernice Lee
- Surname
- Blatt
- Also known as
- Bernice Lee Gray
 Birth | March 4, 1907 23 19 |
 Birth of a sister | Heloise Doris Blatt 1909 (Age 21 months) |
 Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | George Neil Blatt — Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell — View this family calculated 1918 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 10 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 9, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eva Ann Cramer May 31, 1921 (Age 14 years) |
| 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 12, 1930 (Age 23 years) |
 Marriage | Madelyn Gertrude Bertley — View this family July 11, 1931 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a father | Bernice Wesley Gray March 31, 1933 (Age 26 years) Cause: Heart Attack |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Sylvester Penic Shemwell March 10, 1936 (Age 29 years) Address: County Home |
| Census | April 16, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Richard Lee Blatt May 24, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
 Occupation | Lawyer 1940 (Age 32 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | James Bentley Blatt November 5, 1946 (Age 39 years) |
| Occupation | Attorney 1949 (Age 41 years) |
 Residence | 1949 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 sister | Heloise Doris Blatt November 1967 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a mother | Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell 1968 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 | April 3, 1973 (Age 66 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park I |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Bernice Wesley Gray Birth: March 18, 1883 — Cole, Missouri, United States Death: March 31, 1933 — Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell Birth: November 1887 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: 1968 — Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: December 20, 1904 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years himself |
Bernice Lee Blatt Birth: March 4, 1907 23 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 3, 1973 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Heloise Doris Blatt Birth: 1909 25 21 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 1967 — Broward, Florida, United States |
| Mother’s family with George Neil Blatt |
| step-father |
George Neil Blatt Birth: October 22, 1876 — Jackson, Will, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 1956 — Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Rosa Lee “Rosalie” Shemwell Birth: November 1887 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: 1968 — Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1918 — |
| Family with Madelyn Gertrude Bertley |
| himself |
Bernice Lee Blatt Birth: March 4, 1907 23 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 3, 1973 — Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Madelyn Gertrude Bertley Birth: March 10, 1907 30 31 — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Death: August 21, 1996 — Will, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: July 11, 1931 — Cook, Illinois, United States |
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9 years son |
Richard Lee Blatt Birth: May 24, 1940 33 33 — Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States Death: July 25, 2006 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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6 years son |
James Bentley Blatt Birth: November 5, 1946 39 39 — Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States Death: October 12, 2006 — Arkansas, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Bernice W Gray - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
1210 Oneida Street Joliet, Will, Illinois
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household
631 Western Ave Joliet, Will, Illinois
Bernice & Heloise Gray are listed as Blatt, Bernice is now a son? -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Frank A Bertley - Household
Chicago, Cook, Illinois
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