Dorval BurrisAge: 78 years1885–1963
- Name
- Dorval Burris
- Given names
- Dorval
- Surname
- Burris
 Birth | August 4, 1885 23 21 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Louisa M Lee October 28, 1886 (Age 14 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Ora Raymond Burris March 11, 1887 (Age 19 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Etta Lee Burris September 3, 1891 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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 | June 8, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | George Morton Shemwell July 29, 1904 (Age 18 years) |
| Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 24 years) |
 Occupation | Engineer-Tractor Engines 1910 (Age 24 years) |
 Residence | 1914 (Age 28 years) Note: Migrated to Seattle, Washington to seek job |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 |
 Military | WWI Draft 1918 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 32 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/ |
| Death of a father | James Finley Burris January 30, 1919 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | January 7, 1920 (Age 34 years) |
 Religious marriage | Gladys Bell — View this family February 21, 1924 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Dean Burris January 19, 1925 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | John Dorval Burris September 15, 1929 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 44 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 10, 1930 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 Louisa Shemwell 1948 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 brother | Ora Raymond Burris February 5, 1954 (Age 68 years) Cause: Lung cancer |
| Burial of a brother | Ora Raymond Burris February 6, 1954 (Age 68 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Sara L Burris April 21, 1958 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 | November 12, 1963 (Age 78 years) Cause of death: acute mitochondrial infarction |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Finley Burris Birth: September 24, 1861 — Ohio, United States Death: January 30, 1919 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Mary Louisa Shemwell Birth: April 20, 1864 39 33 — Missouri, United States Death: 1948 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: July 23, 1882 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
… Burris Birth: December 16, 1883 22 19 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: |
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20 months himself |
Dorval Burris Birth: August 4, 1885 23 21 — Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States Death: November 12, 1963 — Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Ora Raymond Burris Birth: March 11, 1887 25 22 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 5, 1954 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Etta Lee Burris Birth: September 3, 1891 29 27 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 1979 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Gladys Bell |
| himself |
Dorval Burris Birth: August 4, 1885 23 21 — Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States Death: November 12, 1963 — Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Gladys Bell Birth: 1903 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: February 21, 1924 — Tipton, Moniteau, Missouri, United States |
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11 months daughter |
Mary Dean Burris Birth: January 19, 1925 39 22 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 17, 2002 |
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5 years son |
John Dorval Burris Birth: September 15, 1929 44 26 — Missouri, United States Death: September 21, 1996 — Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri, United States |
Dorval Burris has 37 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (37)
Parents William David Shemwell + Lucy Elizabeth Platt
Parents Alexander Taylor Shemwell + Melvina Pamelia Thompson
Parents John William Shemwell + Madora Cramer
Parents Sylvester Penic Shemwell + Eva Ann Cramer
Parents William Nicholas McMahan + Anna Elizabeth “Annie” Shemwell
Parents Ishamel Higdon Whitlow + Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell
Parents George William Brady + Louella “Lula” Carrie Shemwell
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Finley Burris - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Finley Burris - Household
Prigg Avenue Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Residence | Migrated to Seattle, Washington to seek job | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Mary Louisa Shemwell - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dorval Burris - Household
1402 E. Atchison St Jefferson, Cole, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Dorval Burris - Household
Cedar, Callaway, Missouri
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