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Lyndel Earl RussellAge: 80 years18971978

Name
Lyndel Earl Russell
Given names
Lyndel Earl
Surname
Russell
Birth November 9, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageNora Ellen ThompsonView this family
April 26, 1917 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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 20 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/
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Frances Roberta Russell
April 6, 1921 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 11, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 wifeNora Ellen Thompson
August 26, 1970 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 March 3, 1978 (Age 80 years)
Family with Nora Ellen Thompson - View this family
himself
Lyndel Earl Russell
Birth: November 9, 1897Brownwood, Brown, Texas, United States
Death: March 3, 1978Oklahoma, United States
wife
Nora Ellen Thompson
Birth: March 12, 1893 32 27Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 26, 1970Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States
Marriage: April 26, 1917Deaf Smith, Texas, United States
4 years
daughter
Frances Roberta Russell
Birth: April 6, 1921 23 28Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 1, 1998Oakhurst, Madera, California, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lyndel Earl Russell - Household

Cache, Comanche, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Russell, Lyndel EheadMW22MTXTXTXTelegraph OperatorFrisco RR
Russell, NorawifeFW23MOKMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lyndel Earl Russell - Household

505 10th St Perry, Noble, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Russell, Lyndel EheadMW32M19TXGATXTelegrapherRailroad
Russell, NorawifeFW36M22TXOKMO
Russell, Frances RdaughterFW8SOKTXTX
Davis, Idasister in lawFW38MTXOKMOSales ladyDry goods store