Bertha Mae HizerAge: 65 years1885–1950
- Name
- Bertha Mae Hizer
- Given names
- Bertha Mae
- Surname
- Hizer
- Also known as
- Bertha Mae Heiser
Shared note: Edgar C Downs Obituary and Family Listing
 Birth | July 1885 28 20 |
 Census | 1895 (Age 9 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Charles Leroy Hizer May 5, 1896 (Age 10 years) |
 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 |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Aaron Hizer October 24, 1901 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Jane Ann Troutman May 25, 1903 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ollie V Hizer before 1910 (Age 24 years) Note: Was listed as deceased in her mother's 1910 Census |
| Census | April 23, 1910 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Oscar E Smith July 22, 1911 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel P Hizer 1911 (Age 25 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Edgar C Downs — Dora Alice Smith — View this family April 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 44 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 11, 1930 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a mother | Dora Alice Smith November 17, 1942 (Age 57 years) |
| 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 | December 23, 1950 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenhill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel P Hizer Birth: 1857 36 32 — Indiana, United States Death: 1911 — Wilson, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Dora Alice Smith Birth: April 1865 39 38 — Indiana, United States Death: November 17, 1942 — Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: February 4, 1878 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Ollie V Hizer Birth: August 1882 25 17 — Indiana, United States Death: before 1910 — Kansas, United States |
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3 years herself |
Bertha Mae Hizer Birth: July 1885 28 20 — Indiana, United States Death: December 23, 1950 — Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
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11 years younger brother |
Charles Leroy Hizer Birth: May 5, 1896 39 31 — Brazilton, Crawford, Kansas, United States Death: March 14, 1951 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Mother’s family with Edgar C Downs |
| step-father |
Edgar C Downs Birth: February 1859 — Delaware, United States Death: November 21, 1927 — Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
| mother |
Dora Alice Smith Birth: April 1865 39 38 — Indiana, United States Death: November 17, 1942 — Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: April 26, 1913 — Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States |
| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Sarah J Smith - Household
Crawford, Rice, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel P Hizer - Household
Parker, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Daniel P Hizer - Household
Fredonia, Wilson, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dora Alice Smith - Household
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Dora Alice Smith - Household
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
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| Name | Edgar C Downs Obituary and Family Listing
CEMETERY KEEPER DIES
AFTER SHORT SICKNESS
Edgar C. Downs Had Been Em-
ployed at Greenhill Since Sev-
eral Years Before Statehood
TO BURY HIM TOMORROW
Edgar C. Downs, 69) for more than
a score of yours sexton of Greenhall
Cemetery, died early last night at
the home of his stepdaughter, Mrs
Leo Valentine, 1149 Locust street,
following a long illness.
Mr. Downs was a well known
figure around Muskogee and until
his illness a few weeks ago had been
custodian of Greenhill cemetery since
several years before statehood. He
is survived by his widow, three sons:
W. E. Downs, Seattle, Wash.: G. B.
Downs, Tulsa; and C. L. Downs, Los
Angeles; and two daughters, Mrs.
Valentine, and Mrs. Vida Unger,
Roswell, N. M.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
Central Baptist church, Rev. W. W.
Chancellor officiating. The body is
being held at the Petering-Furry
Undertaking home.
Pall-bearers wilt be E. C. Hoffman,
John Hill, W. H. Cunningham, J. T.
Elliot, G. A. McBride and Herman
Bresser.
Mr. Downs was a member of the
Baptist church and of the Modern
Woodmen. of America lodge.
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| Name | Dora Alice Downs (nee Smith) Obituary and Family Listing
Deaths and
Funerals
Mrs. Dora Downs, pioneer resident
of Muskogee, died Tuesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Lee Val-
entine, at Oklahoma City. Mrs.
Downs was the widow of Edgar C.
Downs who was sexton of Greenhill!
cemetery for many years. She had
resided in Oklahoma Cityy for past
10 years. She is survived by her
daughter, grandson, Lieut. Carroll
Valentine of Albuquerque, N. Mex.:
granddaughters, Mrs. Jack Bullard
of Muskogee, Mrs. A. B. Gilliland of
Oklahoma City and Miss Elain Gilli-
land of Oklahoma City. Services will
be held Saturday at 1 o'clock at the
Petering funeral home. Rev. L. C.|
Wolfe of the Central Baptist church}
will officiate. Burial will be in Green-
hill cemetery.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90259200/dora-alice-downs |