The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Ruth SchirmAge: 77 years19232000

Name
Dorothy Ruth Schirm
Given names
Dorothy Ruth
Surname
Schirm
Married name
Dorothy Ruth Braniff
Married name
Dorothy Ruth Anderson
Birth April 26, 1923 51 42
Census April 1930 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Ann Harvey
May 1, 1935 (Age 12 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 16 years)
MarriageFrancis Michael BraniffView this family
February 10, 1941 (Age 17 years)
Text:
Name: Francis M Braniff Sex: Male Spouse's Name: Dorothy Ruth Schirm Spouse's Sex: Female Certifier's Name: Frank J Bruggner Officiator's Name: Roscoe F Wilson Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 15 February 1941 Event Place: St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death of a fatherWilliam B “John” Schirm
December 26, 1946 (Age 23 years)
Census April 13, 1950 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Mark E Anderson
February 7, 1956 (Age 32 years)
Death of a half-brotherJohn Wayne Barnett
November 1, 1962 (Age 39 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Frank Schirm
1965 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherBessie Barnett
February 3, 1977 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Ann Schirm
February 23, 1978 (Age 54 years)
Death of a husbandJames 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 - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 30, 1908Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
13 months
elder sister
Nancy Ann Schirm
Birth: February 8, 1910 38 29Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 23, 1978South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
4 years
elder brother
William “Billy” Schirm
Birth: 1913 41 32Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: 1917Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
18 months
elder brother
9 years
herself
Mother’s family with an unknown individual - View this family
mother
half-brother
Family with Francis Michael Braniff - View this family
husband
Francis Michael Braniff
Birth: April 26, 1921South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Death: July 21, 2001Columbia, Tuolumne, California, United States
herself
Marriage: February 10, 1941St Joseph, Indiana, United States
Family with James E Anderson - View this family
husband
James E Anderson
Birth: October 13, 1926 42 34Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana, United States
Death: April 18, 1989Clear Creek, Monroe, Indiana, United States
herself
daughter
Private
son
Mark E Anderson
Birth: February 7, 1956 29 32Indiana, United States
Death: July 29, 2023Indiana, United States

Dorothy Ruth Schirm has 20 first cousins recorded

MarriageIndiana Marriages, 1811-2019
Text:
Name: Francis M Braniff Sex: Male Spouse's Name: Dorothy Ruth Schirm Spouse's Sex: Female Certifier's Name: Frank J Bruggner Officiator's Name: Roscoe F Wilson Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 15 February 1941 Event Place: St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bessie Barnett - Household

Mishawaka, St Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Schirm, BessieheadR40FW48D25NoYesINININYesNone
Schirm, RobertsonMW15SNoYesINININYesNone
Schirm, DorothydaughterFW7SYesINININNone
Barnett, JohnsonMW28M27YesYesINININYesChaufferPublic CabWYes
Barnett, Amandadaughter-in-lawFW20M19NoYesININMIYesNone
Strang, SamuelboarderMW81Wd22NoYesINGermanyGermanyYesLaborerFarmWNo

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Bessie Barnett - Household

Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Schirm, BessiexheadFW58WDNoIN0
Schirm, DorothydaughterFW18SNoIN???320

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Francis Michael Braniff - Household

South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Braniff, Francis MheadMW28MarINWK44Household Products Salesmanhousehold Products ManufacturerrP
Braniff, Dorothy RwifeFW28MarINWK44Deputy ClerkCounty Clerk's OfficeG

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