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Bert Elmer HarrisAge: 81 years18831964

Name
Bert Elmer Harris
Given names
Bert Elmer
Surname
Harris
Birth June 17, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 years)
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
MarriageErmine Dewitt LyonView this family
December 1908 (Age 25 years)

Census April 26, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Raymond Harris
October 18, 1913 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Roy A Harris
July 15, 1915 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 son
#3
John Woodrow Harris
February 10, 1919 (Age 35 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Thelma Arlene Harris
July 15, 1922 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 21, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Marjorie Louise Harris
June 29, 1936 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Elmer Wayne Harris
about 1938 (Age 54 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 56 years)
Death of a wifeErmine Dewitt Lyon
March 30, 1944 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 66 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 62 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 September 21, 1964 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Family with Ermine Dewitt Lyon - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 1908
5 years
son
Raymond Harris
Birth: October 18, 1913 30 20Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 3, 1981Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
21 months
son
Roy A Harris
Birth: July 15, 1915 32 22Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 4, 1970Todd, Kentucky, United States
4 years
son
John Woodrow Harris
Birth: February 10, 1919 35 26Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 4, 2002Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Thelma Arlene Harris
Birth: July 15, 1922 39 29Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 12, 2011Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Bert Elmer Harris - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Harris, Bert EheadMW26M11KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Harris, ErminewifeFW18M11KYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bert Elmer Harris - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Harris, Bert EheadMW37MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral
Harris, ErminewifeFW26MKYKYKY
Harris, RaymondsonMW6MKYKYKY
Harris, RoysonMW5MKYKYKY
Harris, WoodrowsonMW10mMKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bert Elmer Harris - Household

Highland Lick Road Clifty, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, Bert EheadMW46M25KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Harris, Ermine DwifeFW37M15KYKYKY
Harris, RaymondsonMW16SKYKYKYLaborerGeneral Farm
Harris, RoysonMW14SKYKYKYLaborerGeneral Farm
Harris, John WsonMW11SKYKYKY
Harris, Thelma AdaughterFW7SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Bert Elmer Harris - Household

Todd, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Harris, Bert EheadMW57MKYsame houseFarmerFarm
Harris, Ermine DXwifeFW47MKYsame house
Harris, WoodrowsonMW21SKYsame houseFarmerLaborer farm
Harris, ArlenedaughterFW17SKYsame house