Merle Willard PrestonAge: 87 years1915–2002
- Name
- Merle Willard Preston
- Given names
- Merle Willard
- Surname
- Preston
 Birth | March 19, 1915 30 32 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Frank Lewis Preston July 2, 1918 (Age 3 years) Cause: Struck by Lightning |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 months)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 2 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 1, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Floyd Lewis Preston December 30, 1922 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 30, 1930 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1940 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 |
| Death of a brother | Floyd Lewis Preston February 19, 1951 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 paternal grandmother | Clara Parke June 13, 1954 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | Archie Floyd Preston February 22, 1964 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Schulz February 28, 1973 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 brother | Harry Elmer Preston November 1, 1993 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | October 21, 2002 (Age 87 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East Lawn Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Archie Floyd Preston Birth: April 28, 1884 25 20 — Saline, Nebraska, United States Death: February 22, 1964 — Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Schulz Birth: August 23, 1882 — Webster, Nebraska, United States Death: February 28, 1973 — Blue Hill, Webster, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: August 22, 1907 — Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, United States |
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3 months elder brother |
Harry Elmer Preston Birth: November 13, 1907 23 25 — Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States Death: November 1, 1993 — Minden, Kearney, Nebraska, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Lera M Preston Birth: October 5, 1910 26 28 — Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States Death: November 12, 2004 — Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States |
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4 years himself |
Merle Willard Preston Birth: March 19, 1915 30 32 — Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States Death: October 21, 2002 — Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Floyd Lewis Preston Birth: December 30, 1922 38 40 — Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States Death: February 19, 1951 — Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States |
| Family with Dorothy Pavelka |
| himself |
Merle Willard Preston Birth: March 19, 1915 30 32 — Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States Death: October 21, 2002 — Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States |
| wife |
Dorothy Pavelka Birth: December 6, 1922 — Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States Death: September 9, 2010 — Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Archie Floyd Preston - Household
Glenwood, Webster, Nebraska
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Archie Floyd Preston - Household
Glenwood, Webster, Nebraska
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Archie Floyd Preston - Household
1940 Glenwood, Webster, Nebraska - Archie Preston
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