Dorothy Ruth SchirmAge: 77 years1923–2000
- Name
- Dorothy Ruth Schirm
- Given names
- Dorothy Ruth
- Surname
- Schirm
- Married name
- Dorothy Ruth Braniff
- Married name
- Dorothy Ruth Anderson
Shared note: William Schirm Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | April 26, 1923 51 42 |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 6 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 6 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Ann Harvey May 1, 1935 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | Francis Michael Braniff — View this family February 10, 1941 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 23 years) |
| Census | April 13, 1950 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Mark E Anderson February 7, 1956 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John Wayne Barnett November 1, 1962 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Frank Schirm 1965 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 mother | Bessie Barnett February 3, 1977 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Ann Schirm February 23, 1978 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a husband | James E Anderson April 18, 1989 (Age 65 years) |
 Death | July 21, 2000 (Age 77 years) |
| Obituary | Dorothy Anderson (nee Schirm) Obituary and Family Listing July 22, 2000 (1 day after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Clear Creek 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 elder brother |
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 herself |
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 Francis Michael Braniff |
| husband |
Francis Michael Braniff Birth: April 26, 1921 — South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States Death: July 21, 2001 — Columbia, Tuolumne, California, United States |
| herself |
Dorothy Ruth Schirm Birth: April 26, 1923 51 42 — Indiana, United States Death: July 21, 2000 — Missouri, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: February 10, 1941 — St Joseph, Indiana, United States |
| Family with James E Anderson |
| husband |
James E Anderson Birth: October 13, 1926 42 34 — Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States Death: April 18, 1989 — Clear Creek, Monroe, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Dorothy Ruth Schirm Birth: April 26, 1923 51 42 — Indiana, United States Death: July 21, 2000 — Missouri, Texas, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Mark E Anderson Birth: February 7, 1956 29 32 — Indiana, United States Death: July 29, 2023 — Indiana, United States |
Dorothy Ruth Schirm has 20 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (20)
Parents Philip Anderson Barnett + Nellie Fitzgerald
Parents John Aleck Barnett + Nita Belle Gillespie
Parents Charles Orlando Troutman + Josephine Emily Barnett
Parents Woodson Steven Nelson + Catherine “Kate” Barnett
Parents Oliver C Smith + Ruth Barnett
Parents Andrew Oliver “Andy” Fahler + Candace T Barnett
Parents James John Zellers + Candace T Barnett
| 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 - Bessie Barnett - Household
Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Francis Michael Braniff - Household
South Bend, 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 |