Eugene Shaffer WidickAge: 57 years1918–1976
- Name
- Eugene Shaffer Widick
- Given names
- Eugene Shaffer
- Surname
- Widick
 Birth | November 21, 1918 49 47 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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 9, 1920 (Age 13 months) |
| Census | 1925 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 10 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 18, 1930 (Age 11 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Hizer October 31, 1935 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Ellen McNeil June 1937 (Age 18 years) |
| Census | April 9, 1940 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 10, 1950 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a father | Arthur Buck Widick August 19, 1950 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 brother | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick February 5, 1968 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer December 7, 1968 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clarence Edward Widick November 10, 1969 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 | April 10, 1976 (Age 57 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Vernon Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Arthur Buck Widick Birth: July 19, 1869 30 28 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: August 19, 1950 — Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer Birth: March 4, 1871 21 23 — Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States Death: December 7, 1968 — Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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Marriage: May 23, 1894 — Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Leroy Arthur Widick Birth: August 2, 1896 27 25 — Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States Death: August 1981 — Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Clarence Edward Widick Birth: January 3, 1898 28 26 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: November 10, 1969 — Michigan, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Irene Widick Birth: February 24, 1899 29 27 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: March 13, 2000 — Harvey, Kansas, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick Birth: November 7, 1900 31 29 — Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States Death: February 5, 1968 — Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Helen Louisa Widick Birth: September 22, 1904 35 33 — Elk City, Cloud, Kansas, United States Death: November 5, 1995 — Okemos, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Evelyn Widick Birth: March 25, 1907 37 36 — Emporia Junction, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: January 1, 1910 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States |
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6 years elder sister |
Margaret Jane Widick Birth: September 16, 1912 43 41 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: June 16, 2004 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
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6 years himself |
Eugene Shaffer Widick Birth: November 21, 1918 49 47 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: April 10, 1976 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Gloria Bernice Allen |
| himself |
Eugene Shaffer Widick Birth: November 21, 1918 49 47 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: April 10, 1976 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Gloria Bernice Allen Birth: May 25, 1925 22 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States Death: September 10, 2010 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
| son |
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| daughter |
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| daughter |
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| Private + Gloria Bernice Allen |
| wife’s husband |
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| wife |
Gloria Bernice Allen Birth: May 25, 1925 22 — Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States Death: September 10, 2010 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
Eugene Shaffer Widick has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Frank Bennett Kelly + Elizabeth Ann Widick
Parents Roy Runnels Green + Mabel Widick
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Helen Louisa Widick - Household
Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
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