The Shemwell Family

Edward Bufford TolleAge: 88 years18971985

Name
Edward Bufford Tolle
Given names
Edward Bufford
Surname
Tolle
Birth January 24, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
MarriageMary Olive BurchView this family
October 22, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Doreen Tolle
November 18, 1921 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Edward Thayne Tolle
January 8, 1927 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 32 years)
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 wifeMary Olive Burch
October 30, 1977 (Age 80 years)
Death March 1, 1985 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valley View Memorial Cemetery
Family with Mary Olive Burch - View this family
himself
wife
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

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