Bessie Irene RukesAge: 69 years1893–1962
- Name
- Bessie Irene Rukes
- Given names
- Bessie Irene
- Surname
- Rukes
 Birth | May 26, 1893 41 42 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 2, 1900 (Age 7 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Franklin Shemwell November 11, 1905 (Age 12 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Catherine Hall November 14, 1905 (Age 12 years) Cause: Pneumonia Cynthia Shemwell Obituary Note: The Sedalia Democrat, Sun., Nov. 14, 1905 |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | John Russell Rukes September 2, 1911 (Age 18 years) Cause: Compound Fracture |
| Death of a half-brother | Charles Franklin Rukes December 4, 1911 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 mother | Elphina Ella Shemwell June 12, 1927 (Age 34 years) Cause: Cirrhosis of the liver not acoholic |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 | Harry Claud “H C” Rukes April 2, 1938 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 52 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 19, 1962 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Ridge Cemetery |
 Last change | July 14, 2019 – 13:44:57 by: Barry Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Russell Rukes Birth: January 21, 1852 — Indiana, United States Death: September 2, 1911 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Elphina Ella Shemwell Birth: March 13, 1851 28 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 12, 1927 — Elk Fork, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 1, 1878 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
Harry Claud “H C” Rukes Birth: August 16, 1879 27 28 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: April 2, 1938 — El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Retta R Rukes Birth: November 1, 1881 29 30 — Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: September 12, 1972 — Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
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12 years herself |
Bessie Irene Rukes Birth: May 26, 1893 41 42 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States Death: September 19, 1962 — Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults |
| father |
John Russell Rukes Birth: January 21, 1852 — Indiana, United States Death: September 2, 1911 — Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Ann “Allie” Stults Birth: about 1856 — Indiana, United States Death: 1877 |
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Marriage: February 11, 1873 — Vigo, Indiana, United States |
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2 months half-brother |
Charles Franklin Rukes Birth: April 6, 1873 21 17 — Indiana, United States Death: December 4, 1911 |
Bessie Irene Rukes has 44 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (44)
Parents William McKenley Shemwell + Sarah Permelia Shemwell
Parents Asa W Mallott + Mary Ann Shemwell
Parents Adam Houston Richardson + Almiranda J “Allie” Shemwell
Parents James C Shemwell + Sarah Elizabeth Roley
Parents Hiriam Breckenridge Richardson + Nancy Elizabeth Shemwell
Parents John Wilson Moorman + Rebecca Parallel “Becca” Shemwell
Parents Edward M Richardson + Virginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Russell Rukes - Household
Green Ridge, Pettis, Missouri
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