The Shemwell Family

Lola May SiskAge: 19 years19071927

Name
Lola May Sisk
Given names
Lola May
Surname
Sisk
Married name
Lola May Brannan
Birth December 10, 1907 18 18
Birth of a brotherWilliam Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr
January 7, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of parentsWilliam Alvin “Bart” SiskCarrie Mae ThompsonView this family
June 3, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Birth of a sisterMary Louise Sisk
October 18, 1919 (Age 11 years)
Census January 21, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherJack Nesbitt Sisk
August 2, 1922 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJefferson Davis Thompson
October 18, 1924 (Age 16 years)
Death April 12, 1927 (Age 19 years)
Cause of death: Acute peritonitis - Incomplete abortion
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 3, 1911Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
-4 years
herself
Lola May Sisk
Birth: December 10, 1907 18 18Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
Death: April 12, 1927Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr
Birth: January 7, 1911 21 21Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
Death: May 14, 1981Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
9 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
Peggy Jean Sisk
Birth: July 13, 1927 37 38Herford, Texas, United States
Death: February 13, 1997Palm Desert, Riverside, California, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Lola May Sisk
Birth: December 10, 1907 18 18Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
Death: April 12, 1927Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Alvin “Bart” Sisk - Household

100 E Street Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sisk, William AheadMW30MKYKYKYDecoratorHouse and ?
Sisk, Carrie MwifeFW30MOKTXMO
Sisk, Lola MdaughterFW12STXKYOK
Sisk, BartsonMW9STXKYOK
Sisk, Mary LdaughterFW3mSTXKYOK