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Edward Thayne TolleAge: 76 years19272003

Name
Edward Thayne Tolle
Given names
Edward Thayne
Surname
Tolle
Birth January 8, 1927 29 25
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 2 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 brotherWillard Robert “Billie” Tolle
December 10, 1929 (Age 2 years)
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherAugustus Turner Burch
December 31, 1937 (Age 10 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 14 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 22 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 maternal grandmotherHarriet Lear “Hattie” Power
October 27, 1959 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 18 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 motherMary Olive Burch
October 30, 1977 (Age 50 years)
Death of a fatherEdward Bufford Tolle
March 1, 1985 (Age 58 years)
Death of a sisterDorothy Doreen Tolle
October 26, 1991 (Age 64 years)
Death December 18, 2003 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salemsborg Lutheran Cemetery
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mother
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
elder sister
Dorothy Doreen Tolle
Birth: November 18, 1921 24 20Kansas, United States
Death: October 26, 1991McPherson, Kansas, United States
5 years
himself
Edward Thayne Tolle
Birth: January 8, 1927 29 25Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 18, 2003Richardson, Dallas, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Willard Robert “Billie” Tolle
Birth: December 10, 1929 32 28Kansas, United States
Death: October 4, 2009Temecula, Riverside, California, United States
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Edward Thayne Tolle
Birth: January 8, 1927 29 25Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 18, 2003Richardson, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Edward Thayne Tolle
Birth: January 8, 1927 29 25Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 18, 2003Richardson, Dallas, Texas, United States
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Edward Thayne Tolle has 18 first cousins recorded

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