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Lenora Catherine SimpsonAge: 80 years19121992

Name
Lenora Catherine Simpson
Given names
Lenora Catherine
Surname
Simpson
Married name
Lenora Catherine Burkette
Married name
Lenora Catherine Owens
Birth February 28, 1912 18 15
Marriage of parentsFrank F SimpsonMinnie Mildred SeekinsView this family
August 22, 1912 (Age 5 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
John Jeffereson “Jack” Burkette Jr
January 7, 1931 (Age 18 years)
MarriageOliver Herman OwensView this family
between 1940 and 1950 (Age 27 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 husbandJohn Jefferson Burkette Sr
June 28, 1965 (Age 53 years)
Death of a husbandOliver Herman Owens
September 29, 1974 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 sonJohn Jeffereson “Jack” Burkette Jr
April 28, 1984 (Age 72 years)
Death October 23, 1992 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pine Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 22, 1912Chautauqua, New York, United States
-6 months
herself
Lenora Catherine Simpson
Birth: February 28, 1912 18 15Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Death: October 23, 1992Falconer, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Family with John Jefferson Burkette Sr - View this family
husband
herself
Lenora Catherine Simpson
Birth: February 28, 1912 18 15Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Death: October 23, 1992Falconer, Chautauqua, New York, United States
son
John Jeffereson “Jack” Burkette Jr
Birth: January 7, 1931 19 18Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Death: April 28, 1984Granite Falls, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private
Family with Oliver Herman Owens - View this family
husband
Oliver Herman Owens
Birth: January 25, 1901North Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 29, 1974West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
herself
Lenora Catherine Simpson
Birth: February 28, 1912 18 15Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Death: October 23, 1992Falconer, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Marriage: between 1940 and 1950New York, United States
John Jefferson Burkette Sr + Lida “Sally” Schmidt - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Lida “Sally” Schmidt
Birth: April 4, 1915Benson, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Death: April 18, 1958Benson, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Marriage: 1956Cochise, Arizona, United States
John Jefferson Burkette Sr + Ruth Naomie Pettit - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Ruth Naomie Pettit
Birth: March 7, 1917Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, United States
Death: December 26, 1972Fort Bragg, Moore, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: March 18, 1960Cochise, Arizona, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Jefferson Burkette Sr - Household

Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Burkette, JohnheadR50NoMW20M20NoYesINININProprietorLunch RoomEYes
Burkette, LenorawifeFW19M19NoYesNYNYNYNone