William Alvin “Bart” Sisk JrAge: 70 years1911–1981
- Name
- William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr
- Given names
- William Alvin
- Surname
- Sisk
- Name suffix
- Jr
- Nickname
- Bart
 Birth | January 7, 1911 21 21 |
 Marriage of parents | William Alvin “Bart” Sisk — Carrie Mae Thompson — View this family June 3, 1911 (Age 4 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 sister | Mary Louise Sisk October 18, 1919 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | January 21, 1920 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Jack Nesbitt Sisk August 2, 1922 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Jefferson Davis Thompson October 18, 1924 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lola May Sisk April 12, 1927 (Age 16 years) Cause: Acute peritonitis - Incomplete abortion |
| Birth of a sister | Peggy Jean Sisk July 13, 1927 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 3, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Louise Epps May 9, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 17, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 father | William Alvin “Bart” Sisk September 27, 1968 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a mother | Carrie Mae Thompson April 27, 1973 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a wife | Ruby Lee Lawson December 16, 1974 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 Louise Sisk April 21, 1978 (Age 67 years) |
 Death | May 14, 1981 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Birth: September 5, 1889 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: September 27, 1968 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| mother |
Carrie Mae Thompson Birth: March 20, 1889 28 23 — Oklahoma, United States Death: April 27, 1973 — California, United States |
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Marriage: June 3, 1911 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States |
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-4 years elder sister |
Lola May Sisk Birth: December 10, 1907 18 18 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States Death: April 12, 1927 — Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States |
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3 years himself |
William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr Birth: January 7, 1911 21 21 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States Death: May 14, 1981 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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9 years younger sister |
Mary Louise Sisk Birth: October 18, 1919 30 30 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States Death: April 21, 1978 — Ventura, California, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Jack Nesbitt Sisk Birth: August 2, 1922 32 33 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States Death: May 13, 2012 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Peggy Jean Sisk Birth: July 13, 1927 37 38 — Herford, Texas, United States Death: February 13, 1997 — Palm Desert, Riverside, California, United States |
| Family with Ruby Lee Lawson |
| himself |
William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr Birth: January 7, 1911 21 21 — Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, United States Death: May 14, 1981 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| wife |
Ruby Lee Lawson Birth: August 26, 1912 23 18 — Hopewell, Baxter, Arkansas, United States Death: December 16, 1974 — Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Alvin “Bart” Sisk - Household
100 E Street Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Alvin “Bart” Sisk - Household
844 E 9 th St. Tucson, Pima, Arizona
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr - Household
2410 19th Bakersfield, Kern, California
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