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Edward Wayne WhitlockAge: 65 years18851951

Name
Edward Wayne Whitlock
Given names
Edward Wayne
Surname
Whitlock
Birth November 4, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a daughter
#1
Gladys Virginia Whitlock
October 26, 1913 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 January 5, 1920 (Age 34 years)
MarriageVirginia Tennessee LindseyView this family
October 9, 1920 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 60 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 October 15, 1951 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum
Family with Virginia Tennessee Lindsey - View this family
himself
Edward Wayne Whitlock
Birth: November 4, 1885Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States
Death: October 15, 1951Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
wife
Virginia Tennessee Lindsey
Birth: January 21, 1887Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 13, 1968Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 9, 1920Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
-7 years
daughter
Gladys Virginia Whitlock
Birth: October 26, 1913 27 26Illinois, United States
Death: September 12, 1987Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward Wayne Whitlock - Household

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Whitlock, EdwardheadRMW34MYesYesILKYKYYesClerkLaw OfficeeW
Whitlock, VirginiawifeFW33MYesYesKYKYKYYesNone
Whitlock, EvelyndaughterFW11SYesYesYesILILKYYesNone
Whitlock, Edward WsonSW9SYesYesYesILILKYYesNone
Whitlock, GladysdaughterFW6SILILKYYesNone
Whitlock, HelendaughterFW0 years 11 monthsSILILKYYesNone