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Ruby Lee LawsonAge: 62 years19121974

Name
Ruby Lee Lawson
Given names
Ruby Lee
Surname
Lawson
Married name
Ruby Lee Sisk
Birth August 26, 1912 23 18
Death of a fatherJames Curtis Lawson
September 15, 1914 (Age 2 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 12, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 33 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 December 16, 1974 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: September 28, 1911Independence, Arkansas, United States
11 months
herself
Ruby Lee Lawson
Birth: August 26, 1912 23 18Hopewell, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 16, 1974Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Family with William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr - View this family
husband
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
herself
Ruby Lee Lawson
Birth: August 26, 1912 23 18Hopewell, Baxter, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 16, 1974Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Alvin “Bart” Sisk Jr - Household

2410 19th Bakersfield, Kern, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Sisk, William AheadMW29MTXLos AngelesCAManagerCafe
Sisk, Ruby LwifeFW27MARLos AngelesCAButter wra[[erCreamery