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Dolores Wilodene RansAge: 20 years19171937

Name
Dolores Wilodene Rans
Given names
Dolores Wilodene
Surname
Rans
Birth June 15, 1917 21 20
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 6 months)

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 6, 1920 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterFern Eileen Rans
January 15, 1921 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterGrace Alice Rans
September 6, 1924 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHoward Lee Rans
August 21, 1927 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Ellen Reed
December 9, 1927 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 23, 1930 (Age 12 years)
Death July 5, 1937 (Age 20 years)
Obituary
Delores Wilodene Rans Obituary
July 6, 1937 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fulton Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 22, 1915Fulton, Indiana, United States
18 months
herself
Dolores Wilodene Rans
Birth: June 15, 1917 21 20Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: July 5, 1937Indiana, United States
4 years
younger sister
Fern Eileen Rans
Birth: January 15, 1921 25 23Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 28, 2004Mentone, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger sister
Grace Alice Rans
Birth: September 6, 1924 28 27Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: August 12, 2015Mentone, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
3 years
younger brother
Howard Lee Rans
Birth: August 21, 1927 31 30Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: July 26, 1941Fulton, Indiana, United States

Dolores Wilodene Rans has 5 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Holland Rans - Household

Wayne Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Rans, GeorgeheadRMW24MYesYesINININYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Rans, AgneswifeFW22MYesYesINININYesNone
Rans, DolorisdaughterFW2 years 7 monthsSINININNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Holland Rans - Household

Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Rans, GeorgeheadRRYesMW34M21NoYesINININYesFarmerGen FarmOYes
Rans, CharlottewifeFW33M20NoYesINININYesNoneNone
Rans, DoloresdaughterFW12SYesYesINININYesNoneNone
Rans, Fern EdaughterFW9SYesINININNoneNone
Rans, Grace AdaughterFW5SNoINININNoneNone
Rans, Howard LsonMW2 years 6 monthsSNoINININNoneNone