Martha Leona BurchAge: 85 years1909–1994
- Name
- Martha Leona Burch
- Given names
- Martha Leona
- Surname
- Burch
- Married name
- Martha Leona Patterson
- Married name
- Martha Leona Burger
 Birth | July 17, 1909 44 39 |
 Marriage | William F Burger — View this family unknown |
 Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 9 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 10, 1920 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 20 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 13, 1930 (Age 20 years) |
 Death of a father | Augustus Turner Burch December 31, 1937 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elmer Augustus Burch December 19, 1944 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | Alvin Sylvester “Dewey” Burch August 28, 1945 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 7, 1950 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 husband | James Montgomery Patterson April 20, 1958 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a mother | Harriet Lear “Hattie” Power October 27, 1959 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rena Aita Burch August 17, 1960 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Robert Burch January 11, 1972 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 | Mary Olive Burch October 30, 1977 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a husband | William F Burger November 19, 1980 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a brother | Loyd Llewellyn Burch September 1, 1984 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elva Elizabeth Burch November 29, 1989 (Age 80 years) |
 Death | August 1994 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Augustus Turner Burch Birth: May 31, 1865 — Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States Death: December 31, 1937 — McPherson, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Harriet Lear “Hattie” Power Birth: February 2, 1870 48 40 — Jefferson, Illinois, United States Death: October 27, 1959 — McPherson, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: September 1, 1889 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Rena Aita Burch Birth: September 5, 1891 26 21 — New Gottland, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: August 17, 1960 — Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
Elmer Augustus Burch Birth: December 18, 1892 27 22 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: December 19, 1944 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Robert Burch Birth: July 13, 1895 30 25 — McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: January 11, 1972 — Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Alvin Sylvester “Dewey” Burch Birth: December 22, 1897 32 27 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: August 28, 1945 — Gypsum, Saline, Kansas, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Elva Elizabeth Burch Birth: March 19, 1901 35 31 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: November 29, 1989 — Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States |
| elder sister |
Mary Olive Burch Birth: March 19, 1901 35 31 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: October 30, 1977 — Lindsborg, McPherson, Kansas, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Loyd Llewellyn Burch Birth: January 28, 1904 38 33 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: September 1, 1984 — McPherson, Kansas, United States |
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6 years herself |
Martha Leona Burch Birth: July 17, 1909 44 39 — McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: August 1994 — Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States |
| Family with James Montgomery Patterson |
| husband |
James Montgomery Patterson Birth: July 17, 1905 — Carlton, Dickinson, Kansas, United States Death: April 20, 1958 — Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Martha Leona Burch Birth: July 17, 1909 44 39 — McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: August 1994 — Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States |
| son |
Private |
| Family with William F Burger |
| husband |
William F Burger Birth: February 22, 1917 — Latham, Moniteau, Missouri, United States Death: November 19, 1980 — Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Martha Leona Burch Birth: July 17, 1909 44 39 — McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: August 1994 — Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Augustus Turner Burch - Household
Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Augustus Turner Burch - Household
Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Augustus Turner Burch - Household
Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas
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