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Aloysius Frank “Louis” ZoellersAge: 70 years18741944

Name
Aloysius Frank “Louis” Zoellers
Given names
Aloysius Frank
Surname
Zoellers
Nickname
Louis
Birth February 22, 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: 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 24 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 41 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageEdna Pearl LandonView this family
May 10, 1917 (Age 43 years)
Note: Marriage info found on FAG site
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 42 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 43 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 55 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
Birth of a son
#1
Donald Dean Zoellers Sr
December 5, 1931 (Age 57 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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 December 14, 1944 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Washington Cemetery
Family with Edna Pearl Landon - View this family
himself
Aloysius Frank “Louis” Zoellers
Birth: February 22, 1874Kansas, United States
Death: December 14, 1944Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
wife
Edna Pearl Landon
Birth: February 18, 1896Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, United States
Death: December 12, 1985Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Marriage: May 10, 1917Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
15 years
son
Donald Dean Zoellers Sr
Birth: December 5, 1931 57 35Missouri, United States
Death: February 17, 2017Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info found on FAG site
Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Aloysius Frank “Louis” Zoellers - Household

Kaw, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Zoellers, LouisheadR10NoMW66MNoKSWater BoyW.P.A.GW39445
Zoellers, EdnaxwifeFW44MNoKS00
Zoellers, LeroysonMW20SNoKSLaborerN.Y.A.GW848
Zoellers, AnnassonMW18SYesKS00
Zoellers, VirginiadaughterFW15SYesKS00
Zoellers, EverettsonMW12SYesKS
Zoellers, MargaretdaughterFW10SYesKS
Zoellers, MargiedaughterFW10SYesKS
Zoellers, DonaldsonMW8SYesKS