The Shemwell Family

Mary Olive BurchAge: 76 years19011977

Name
Mary Olive Burch
Given names
Mary Olive
Surname
Burch
Married name
Mary Olive Tolle
Birth March 19, 1901 35 31
Associate: Elva Elizabeth Burch
Birth
Elva Elizabeth Burch
March 19, 1901 35 31
Birth of a sisterElva Elizabeth Burch
March 19, 1901
Associate: Mary Olive Burch
Birth of a brotherLoyd Llewellyn Burch
January 28, 1904 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Anna Lear
September 27, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Leona Burch
July 17, 1909 (Age 8 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageEdward Bufford TolleView this family
October 22, 1919 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Doreen Tolle
November 18, 1921 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Edward Thayne Tolle
January 8, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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
Birth of a son
#3
Willard Robert “Billie” Tolle
December 10, 1929 (Age 28 years)
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Death of a fatherAugustus Turner Burch
December 31, 1937 (Age 36 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Death of a brotherElmer Augustus Burch
December 19, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherAlvin Sylvester “Dewey” Burch
August 28, 1945 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 April 14, 1950 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 motherHarriet Lear “Hattie” Power
October 27, 1959 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterRena Aita Burch
August 17, 1960 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Robert Burch
January 11, 1972 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 October 30, 1977 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valley View Memorial Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 1, 1889Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
15 months
elder brother
Elmer Augustus Burch
Birth: December 18, 1892 27 22Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 19, 1944Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Robert Burch
Birth: July 13, 1895 30 25McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: January 11, 1972Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
twin sister
Elva Elizabeth Burch
Birth: March 19, 1901 35 31Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: November 29, 1989Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States
herself
Mary Olive Burch
Birth: March 19, 1901 35 31Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: October 30, 1977Lindsborg, McPherson, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
6 years
younger sister
Martha Leona Burch
Birth: July 17, 1909 44 39McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: August 1994Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States
Family with Edward Bufford Tolle - View this family
husband
herself
Mary Olive Burch
Birth: March 19, 1901 35 31Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: October 30, 1977Lindsborg, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Marriage: October 22, 1919Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
2 years
daughter
Dorothy Doreen Tolle
Birth: November 18, 1921 24 20Kansas, United States
Death: October 26, 1991McPherson, Kansas, United States
5 years
son
Edward Thayne Tolle
Birth: January 8, 1927 29 25Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 18, 2003Richardson, Dallas, Texas, United States
3 years
son
Willard Robert “Billie” Tolle
Birth: December 10, 1929 32 28Kansas, United States
Death: October 4, 2009Temecula, Riverside, California, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Augustus Turner Burch - Household

Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Burch, Augustus TheadMW44M120KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Burch, Hattie LwifeFW38M12088ILILPA
Burch, Alta RdaughterFW18SKSKYIL
Burch, Elmer AsonMW17SKSKYIL
Burch, John RsonMW14SKSKYIL
Burch, Alvin LsonMW11SKSKYIL
Burch, Elva EdaughterFW9SKSKYIL
Burch, Olive MdaughterFW9SKSKYIL
Burch, Loyd LsonMW6SKSKYIL
Burch, Martha LdaughterFW9mSKSKYIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Edward Bufford Tolle - Household

Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tolle, Edward BheadMW33M22KSKSILFarmerGeneral Farm
Tolle, Olive MwifeFW29M18KSKYIL
Tolle, Dorothy DdaughterFW8SKSKSKS
Tolle, Edward TsonMW3SKSKSKS
Tolle, Willard RsonMW4mSKSKSKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edward Bufford Tolle - Household

Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tolle, Edward BheadMW43MKSState AgentOil Refinery
Tolle, OliveXwifeFW39MKS
Tolle, DorothydaughterFW18SKSStenographerPrivate Trucking? line
Tolle, ThaynesonMW13SKS
Tolle, BilliesonMW10SKS