Gorda B …Age: 93 years1878–1971
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- Gorda B …
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- Gorda B
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- Gorda B Sullivan
Shared note: Robert E Sullivan Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | February 2, 1878 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 51 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 63 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 |
 Marriage | Robert Elmer Sullivan — View this family between 1944 and 1950 (Age 65 years) |
 Census | April 10, 1950 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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 husband | Robert Elmer Sullivan September 14, 1963 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 | August 1971 (Age 93 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Colony Cemetery |
| Family with Robert Elmer Sullivan |
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Robert Elmer Sullivan Birth: April 15, 1876 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: September 14, 1963 — Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States |
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Gorda B … Birth: February 2, 1878 — Missouri, United States Death: August 1971 — Allen, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: between 1944 and 1950 — Allen, Kansas, United States |
| Robert Elmer Sullivan + Mary Eliza Barnett |
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Robert Elmer Sullivan Birth: April 15, 1876 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: September 14, 1963 — Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States |
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Mary Eliza Barnett Birth: March 27, 1875 30 19 — Kansas, United States Death: April 18, 1944 — Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: March 1, 1899 — Allen, Kansas, United States |
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13 years step-son |
Roland Earl Rogers Birth: October 1, 1911 35 36 — Garnett, Anderson, Kansas, United States Death: 1978 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Robert Elmer Sullivan - Household
Gas, Allen, Kansas, United States
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| Name | Robert E Sullivan Obituary and Family Listing
The Iola Register (Iola, Kansas) · 14 Sep 1963, Sat
Robert. E. Sullivan, 87, of 116 N. Fourth St, died this morning at Allen County Hospital.
Born at Decatur, Ill, Mr. Sullivan came to Allen County with his parents when he was a small
boy and settled west of LaHarpe. He later moved to a farm two and a half miles south of Iola
where he farmed and had a dairy. In 1950 he moved to Iola. He was a member of the Community Baptist Church.
Survivors include the widow of the home: two sisters, Mrs. Josie Hess of Humboldt and Mrs. Della
Hess of Arlington, Va.: and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Waugh Funeral Home with the Rev. Ray Nitcher officiating.
Burial will be in Iola Cemetery. |