Blanche H SightsAge: 74 years1898–1972
- Name
- Blanche H Sights
- Given names
- Blanche H
- Surname
- Sights
- Married name
- Blanche H Brooks
 Birth | April 29, 1898 28 24 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898Note: 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 |
 Birth of a brother | Ashford Rankin Sights April 20, 1903 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a father | James Mathew Sights September 24, 1906 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 11 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Edward Alexander Ross — Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell — View this family August 23, 1910 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joseph A Shemwell after 1910 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Homer Alston Ross October 6, 1912 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Homer Alston Ross October 1, 1913 (Age 15 years) |
| Burial of a half-brother | Homer Alston Ross October 7, 1913 (Age 15 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery |
| Birth of a half-sister | Madge Lucille Ross October 2, 1914 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 |
 Marriage | Jessie Hampton Brooks — View this family December 26, 1918 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 19 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 31 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 |
| Death of a brother | Herman Russel Sights March 2, 1939 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 mother | Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell September 2, 1946 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 husband | Jessie Hampton Brooks February 1970 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 | September 10, 1972 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairmont Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Mathew Sights Birth: October 3, 1869 30 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1906 |
| mother |
Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 7, 1892 — Niagara, Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Effie R Sights Birth: November 1892 23 18 Death: April 24, 1980 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Herman Russel Sights Birth: estimated March 1896 26 22 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1939 |
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2 years herself |
Blanche H Sights Birth: April 29, 1898 28 24 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: September 10, 1972 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Ashford Rankin Sights Birth: April 20, 1903 33 29 Death: August 11, 1985 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with Edward Alexander Ross |
| step-father |
Edward Alexander Ross Birth: March 9, 1867 — Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1927 |
| mother |
Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 23, 1910 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Homer Alston Ross Birth: October 6, 1912 45 38 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1913 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Madge Lucille Ross Birth: October 2, 1914 47 40 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1998 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Jessie Hampton Brooks |
| husband |
Jessie Hampton Brooks Birth: August 18, 1894 — Kentucky, United States Death: February 1970 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Blanche H Sights Birth: April 29, 1898 28 24 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: September 10, 1972 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: December 26, 1918 — Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States |
Blanche H Sights has 3 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Mary Susan Shemwell - Household
Hebbardsville, Henderson, KY
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