Evalena Lena HigginsAge: 68 years1881–1949
- Name
- Evalena Lena Higgins
- Given names
- Evalena Lena
- Surname
- Higgins
- Married name
- Evalena Lena Gilliam
 Birth | August 16, 1881 |
 Marriage | Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam — View this family about 1897 (Age 15 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Zula Gilliam February 22, 1901 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Bertice Austin Gilliam January 10, 1903 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Melvin Ralston Gilliam September 30, 1906 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Walker Gilliam May 22, 1908 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a son | Walker Gilliam May 25, 1908 (Age 26 years) |
 Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Earl Gilliam February 2, 1911 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a son | Earl Gilliam February 4, 1911 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Beulah Larell Gilliam February 22, 1913 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Alta Mae Gilliam October 6, 1914 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 34 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a son #8 | William Dallas Gilliam September 7, 1917 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 35 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 36 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/ |
| Birth of a son #9 | James Franklin Gilliam June 22, 1919 (Age 37 years) |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Gilliam Francis November 28, 1928 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Gilliam Francis November 28, 1928 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Eva Beth Francis June 9, 1929 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Eva Beth Francis June 10, 1929 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 48 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 22, 1930 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Rowelia Francis October 14, 1931 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Rowelia Francis before 1940 (Age 58 years) Note: Rowelia is not in the 1940 Census, presumed death. -b |
| Census | April 20, 1940 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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 husband | Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam December 11, 1948 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 17, 1949 (Age 68 years) Cause of death: Colon Cancer |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gant Cemetery |
| Identification number | KZH5-5PQ Type: FamilySearch |
| Family with Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam |
| husband |
Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam Birth: August 23, 1874 28 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: December 11, 1948 — Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Evalena Lena Higgins Birth: August 16, 1881 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 17, 1949 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1897 — |
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4 years daughter |
Zula Gilliam Birth: February 22, 1901 26 19 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 16, 1967 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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23 months son |
Bertice Austin Gilliam Birth: January 10, 1903 28 21 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 30, 1964 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
Melvin Ralston Gilliam Birth: September 30, 1906 32 25 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1, 1964 — Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months son |
Walker Gilliam Birth: May 22, 1908 33 26 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 25, 1908 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
Earl Gilliam Birth: February 2, 1911 36 29 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 4, 1911 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Beulah Larell Gilliam Birth: February 22, 1913 38 31 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 2008 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months daughter |
Alta Mae Gilliam Birth: October 6, 1914 40 33 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: December 6, 2008 — Hartford, Ohio, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
William Dallas Gilliam Birth: September 7, 1917 43 36 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 13, 2012 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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21 months son |
James Franklin Gilliam Birth: June 22, 1919 44 37 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: June 30, 1992 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
Arrow from Dallas to Evelina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
Next door to his father & brother -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household
Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Dallas V Gilliam - Household
Highway # 81 Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky
Next door to Joe Shemwell |