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Joseph “Joe” BluesteinAge: 75 years18901966

Name
Joseph “Joe” Bluestein
Given names
Joseph
Surname
Bluestein
Nickname
Joe
Birth July 17, 1890 29 29
Note: Berdychiv is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine.
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 April 20, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
WW1 Draft
June 5, 1917 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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/
MarriageBessie WeinbergView this family
January 23, 1921 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lawrence “Larry” Bluestein
November 20, 1921 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Frances May Bluestein
September 23, 1928 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 8, 1930 (Age 39 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 7, 1950 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 55 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 May 22, 1966 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Baron Hirsch Cemetery
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mother
Marriage:
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Family with Bessie Weinberg - View this family
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wife
Bessie Weinberg
Birth: November 15, 1892 32 23Mississippi, United States
Death: June 12, 1983Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: January 23, 1921Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
10 months
son
Lawrence “Larry” Bluestein
Birth: November 20, 1921 31 29Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 28, 2002Cape Coral, Lee, Florida, United States
7 years
daughter
Frances May Bluestein
Birth: September 23, 1928 38 35Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 14, 2007Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

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Birth
Berdychiv is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine.
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph “Joe” Bluestein - Household

North Front Street Garland, St. Francis, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Joe BluesteinheadMW37M28RUSRUSRUS1894MerchantRetail Dry Goods
Bessie WeinbergwifeFW29M20TNRUSGER
Lawrene BluesteinsonMW8STNRUSTN
Frances M BluesteindaughterFW1-6mSTNRUSTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph “Joe” Bluestein - Household

754 E McLemore Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Joe BluesteinheadMW48MRussiaSalesmanWholesale Clothing
Bessie BluesteinwifeFW41MTNSalesladyOwn Business
Lawrene BluesteinsonMW18STNProprietorOwn Business
Frances M BluesteindaughterFW11STN

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Joseph “Joe” Bluestein - Household

674 Avalon Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Bluestein, JoeheadMW59MarTNBook keeperLicorice? Maker Co.
Bluestein, BessiewifeFW50MarTN
Bluestein, LawrencesonMW28NevTNMakes ScreensScreen Signs