Robert Frank SchirmAge: 50 years1914–1965
- Name
- Robert Frank Schirm
- Given names
- Robert Frank
- Surname
- Schirm
Shared note: William Schirm Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | June 22, 1914 42 34 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | John Anderson Barnett September 26, 1915 (Age 15 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 18 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | William “Billy” Schirm 1917 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Elisabeth Mollenkoph January 14, 1918 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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 | February 26, 1920 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Dorothy Ruth Schirm April 26, 1923 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 1930 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Ann Harvey May 1, 1935 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Robert Phil Schirm January 19, 1936 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Elizabeth Jo “Betty” Schirm February 1, 1937 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Margaret R Schirm December 26, 1938 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | William Richard Schirm February 3, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 |
| Death of a father | William B “John” Schirm December 26, 1946 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 1950 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 wife | Elizabeth Spry February 16, 1960 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John Wayne Barnett November 1, 1962 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 | 1965 (Age 50 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William B “John” Schirm Birth: November 21, 1871 40 32 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: December 26, 1946 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Bessie Barnett Birth: May 16, 1880 42 38 — Indiana, United States Death: February 3, 1977 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: December 30, 1908 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Nancy Ann Schirm Birth: February 8, 1910 38 29 — Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: February 23, 1978 — South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
William “Billy” Schirm Birth: 1913 41 32 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: 1917 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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18 months himself |
Robert Frank Schirm Birth: June 22, 1914 42 34 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: 1965 — Indiana, United States |
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9 years younger sister |
Dorothy Ruth Schirm Birth: April 26, 1923 51 42 — Indiana, United States Death: July 21, 2000 — Missouri, Texas, United States |
| Mother’s family with an unknown individual |
| mother |
Bessie Barnett Birth: May 16, 1880 42 38 — Indiana, United States Death: February 3, 1977 — Indiana, United States |
| half-brother |
John Wayne Barnett Birth: July 16, 1901 21 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 1, 1962 — St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
| Family with Elizabeth Spry |
| himself |
Robert Frank Schirm Birth: June 22, 1914 42 34 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: 1965 — Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Elizabeth Spry Birth: May 15, 1914 39 34 — South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States Death: February 16, 1960 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
| son |
Robert Phil Schirm Birth: January 19, 1936 21 21 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States Death: February 1977 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Elizabeth Jo “Betty” Schirm Birth: February 1, 1937 22 22 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States Death: January 14, 1994 — Osceola, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States |
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23 months daughter |
Margaret R Schirm Birth: December 26, 1938 24 24 — Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States Death: June 9, 2006 — Elkhart, Indiana, United States |
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13 months son |
William Richard Schirm Birth: February 3, 1940 25 25 — Indiana, United States Death: September 1983 — Indiana, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Bessie Barnett - Household
ED 77 Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Bessie Barnett - Household
Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Robert Frank Schirm - Household
Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
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| Name | William Schirm Obituary and Family Listing
William SCHIRM, 75, lifelong resident here, died Thursday at a Logansport hospital.
He was born Nov. 21, 1871, near Kewanna, the son of Martin and Elizabeth SCHIRM.
Surviving are three children, Mrs. Minnie COCHRANE, Lakeville, Ind.; Mrs. Dorothy BRANIFF, and Robert SCHIRM, South Bend; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie EVANS and Mrs. Sadie BROOKS, of here; Mrs. Emina STEPHENS, Plymouth; six grandchildren.
The body is at the Harrison funeral chapel and rites will be there Saturday at 1:30, conductd by the Reverend Darwin LAVENGOOD. Burial will be in the Shaffer cemetery near Kewanna.
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, December 27, 1946
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1946
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67801448/william-schirm |