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Phillip Ray AndersonAge: 77 years19161994

Name
Phillip Ray Anderson
Given names
Phillip Ray
Surname
Anderson
Birth October 4, 1916 25 21
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 2 months)

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 14 months)

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 1, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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
Birth of a son
#1
Lawrence Lee “Larry” Anderson
May 27, 1938 (Age 21 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Mary Ruth Anderson
March 4, 1941 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Census April 1950 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Nancy Jo Anderson
1952 (Age 35 years)
Death of a daughterNancy Jo Anderson
1952 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 29 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 fatherOren J Anderson
March 16, 1978 (Age 61 years)
Death of a motherMary Helen Kraemer
January 30, 1984 (Age 67 years)
Death March 26, 1994 (Age 77 years)
Obituary
Philip R Anderson Obituary and Family Listing
March 28, 1994 (2 days after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery
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father
Oren J Anderson
Birth: October 2, 1891Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 16, 1978Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
mother
Mary Helen Kraemer
Birth: August 9, 1895Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 30, 1984Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: February 25, 1914Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
himself
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himself
wife
son
Lawrence Lee “Larry” Anderson
Birth: May 27, 1938 21 20Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 25, 2013Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
daughter
Mary Ruth Anderson
Birth: March 4, 1941 24 23Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 8, 2011Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
12 years
daughter
Nancy Jo Anderson
Birth: 1952 35 34Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: 1952Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
son
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Oren J Anderson - Household

Richland, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Anderson, Oren JheadMW28MYesYesINININYesFarmerGeneral FarmingOA
Anderson, Mary HwifeFW24MYesYesINININYes
Anderson, Lera MdaughterFW4 years 11 monthsSINININYes
Anderson, Phillip RsonMW3 years 2 monthsSINININ
Anderson, ARthur JwonMW0 years 1 monthSINININ

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Phillip Ray Anderson - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Anderson, PhillipxheadR6YesMW23MNoYesINFarmerFarmingOA520
Anderson, HelenwifeFW22MNoYesINHousewifeHousework00
Anderson, Larry LeesonMW1SNoIN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Phillip Ray Anderson - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Anderson, PhillipheadMW34MarUSWK40Farmer0
Anderson, HelenwifeFW33MarUSH
Anderson, LarrysonMW11NevUS
Anderson, Mary RuthdaughterFW9NevUS

Name
Oliver Smith Obituary and Family Listing Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Monday, October 21, 1957 Oliver SMITH, 78, died at 12:30 a.m. Sunday in Woodlawn hospital after a lingering illness. A resident of Kewanna, Mr. Smith was born Jan. 28, 1879, in Union township and had lived in that community his entire life. He was married Nov. 29, 1902, in Kewanna, to Ruth BARNETT, who survives. His parents were Samuel and Josephine MOORE SMITH. Mr. Smith was a retired farmer and a member of the Kewanna Methodist church. Also surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Helen ANDERSON, Kewanna; three grandchildren; one brother, Bert SMITH, Kewanna, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Harrison funeral home with the Rev. Frank R. CHRUST officiating. Burial will be in the Kewanna I.O.O.F. cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home. SOURCE: http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1957.htm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85264247/oliver-smith