Van Lee EstesAge: 81 years1907–1989
- Name
- Van Lee Estes
- Given names
- Van Lee
- Surname
- Estes
 Birth | March 17, 1907 27 20 |
 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 |
| 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 22, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Brooks H Estes September 28, 1925 (Age 18 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 |
| Death of a father | Hiram Pembrook Estes May 31, 1937 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Ann Phillipi June 13, 1944 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a brother | Brooks H Estes December 25, 1944 (Age 37 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 |
| 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 mother | Willie Merkel Daugherty September 15, 1957 (Age 50 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 of a sister | Earl Carolyn Estes May 13, 1987 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | January 13, 1989 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hills Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Hiram Pembrook Estes Birth: March 15, 1880 — Texas, United States Death: May 31, 1937 — El Paso, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Willie Merkel Daugherty Birth: October 8, 1886 45 36 — Texas, United States Death: September 15, 1957 — El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: October 26, 1902 — Midland, Midland, Texas, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Earl Carolyn Estes Birth: October 7, 1903 23 16 — Midland, Texas, United States Death: May 13, 1987 — acoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Lois Lynn Estes Birth: August 20, 1905 25 18 — Midland, Texas, United States Death: December 10, 2005 — Corrales, Sandoval, New Mexico, United States |
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19 months herself |
Van Lee Estes Birth: March 17, 1907 27 20 — Midland, Texas, United States Death: January 13, 1989 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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19 years younger brother |
Brooks H Estes Birth: September 28, 1925 45 38 — Texas, United States Death: December 25, 1944 — England, United Kingdom |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Hiram Pembrook Estes - Household
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Hiram Pembrook Estes - Household
Ed 152 Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
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