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Helen Juanita HesterAge: 60 years19171977

Name
Helen Juanita Hester
Given names
Helen Juanita
Surname
Hester
Married name
Helen Juanita Brown
Birth 1917 38 33
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 12 months)

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/
Death of a brotherOra Vance Hester
before 1920 (Age 3 years)

Census February 9, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherHershel Hayden Hester
September 29, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 16, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel Buford Hester
September 13, 1932 (Age 15 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherWalter Richard Hester
December 30, 1941 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 8, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 motherMyra Irene Parker
April 15, 1961 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 4, 1977 (Age 60 years)
Burial April 6, 1977 (2 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Citizens Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: July 4, 1906Bradley, Arkansas, United States
4 years
elder brother
Ora Vance Hester
Birth: about 1909 30 25Arkansas, United States
Death: before 1920
3 years
elder sister
Catherine Louise Hester
Birth: March 27, 1912 33 28Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 2, 1986Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ruby Faye Hester
Birth: April 30, 1914 35 30Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 5, 2004Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
4 years
herself
Helen Juanita Hester
Birth: 1917 38 33Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 4, 1977Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona, United States
4 years
younger brother
Hershel Hayden Hester
Birth: September 29, 1920 42 37River, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 17, 2004Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Mattie Hamaker - View this family
father
step-mother
Mattie Hamaker
Birth: April 1882Warren, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1905Bardley, Pennington, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: March 16, 1902Bradley, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-brother
Crystal Guy Hester
Birth: May 5, 1905 26 23Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 28, 1982Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Family with James Franklin Brown - View this family
husband
James Franklin Brown
Birth: February 7, 1917Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 18, 1994Reserve, Catron, New Mexico, United States
herself
Helen Juanita Hester
Birth: 1917 38 33Warren, Bradley, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 4, 1977Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona, United States
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Walter Richard Hester - Household

Sumpter, Bradley, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hester, Walter RheadMW41MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Hester, Myra IwifeFW36MARMSKY
Hester, CatherinedaughterFW7SARKYAR
Hester, RubydaughterFW5SARKYAR
Hester, JuanitadaughterFW2-3mSARKYAR

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Walter Richard Hester - Household

River, Bradley, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hester, Walter RheadMW49M25KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farming
Hester, IrenewifeFW46M22ARGAGA
Hester, CatherinedaughterFW18SARKYAR
Hester, RubydaughterFW16SARKYAR
Hester, JuianitadaughterFW12SARKYAR
Hester, HershelsonMW9SARKYAR