Laura A BillingsleyAge: 94 years1866–1961
- Name
- Laura A Billingsley
- Given names
- Laura A
- Surname
- Billingsley
- Married name
- Laura A Sloan
 Birth | April 7, 1866 46 35 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 8 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 8 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | James Bohaney Billingsley before 1870 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | September 25, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | George Franklin Billingsley January 1872 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Hugh Billingsley about 1882 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | George Lee Sloan Sr. — View this family calculated 1887 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Guy George Sloan July 27, 1893 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Alvin Owie Sloan August 11, 1896 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 22, 1900 (Age 34 years) |
| Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | George Lee Sloan Jr. July 22, 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Margaret Sloan July 6, 1916 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a granddaughter | Margaret Sloan September 15, 1918 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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/ |
| Census | January 13, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Alvin Owie Sloan — Charlotte Agee — View this family June 20, 1926 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 3, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | John R Billingsley 1941 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a husband | George Lee Sloan Sr. February 1, 1943 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 brother | George Franklin Billingsley March 27, 1950 (Age 83 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 83 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 79 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 | March 19, 1961 (Age 94 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Hugh Billingsley Birth: about 1820 27 23 — Pendleton, South Carolina, United States Death: about 1882 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States |
| mother |
Mary Minerva Bradford Birth: April 1831 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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Marriage: about 1856 — South Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Tennessee Billingsley Birth: 1857 37 25 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary L Billingsley Birth: about 1859 39 27 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years elder sister |
Barbara Billingsley Birth: about 1861 41 29 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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5 years herself |
Laura A Billingsley Birth: April 7, 1866 46 35 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: March 19, 1961 — Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
George Franklin Billingsley Birth: January 1872 52 40 — Alabama, United States Death: March 27, 1950 — Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States |
| Father’s family with Ann Collins |
| father |
Henry Hugh Billingsley Birth: about 1820 27 23 — Pendleton, South Carolina, United States Death: about 1882 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States |
| step-mother |
Ann Collins Birth: estimated 1822 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1854 — South Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| half-brother |
James N Billingsley Birth: estimated 1844 24 22 — Georgia, United States Death: |
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2 years half-brother |
Andrew Billingsley Birth: estimated 1845 25 23 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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5 years half-sister |
Sarah J Billingsley Birth: estimated 1849 29 27 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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4 years half-sister |
Ann Billingsley Birth: estimated 1852 32 30 — South Carolina, United States Death: |
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3 years half-brother |
John R Billingsley Birth: 1854 34 32 — South Carolina, United States Death: 1941 |
| Family with George Lee Sloan Sr. |
| husband |
George Lee Sloan Sr. Birth: November 9, 1866 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: February 1, 1943 — Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States |
| herself |
Laura A Billingsley Birth: April 7, 1866 46 35 — Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: March 19, 1961 — Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1887 — |
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7 years son |
Guy George Sloan Birth: July 27, 1893 26 27 — Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: June 17, 1966 — Rockmart, Polk, Georgia, United States |
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3 years son |
Alvin Owie Sloan Birth: August 11, 1896 29 30 — Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama, United States Death: August 7, 1976 — Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States |
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14 years son |
George Lee Sloan Jr. Birth: July 22, 1910 43 44 — Cedartown, Polk, Georgia, United States Death: August 27, 1991 — Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, United States |
Laura A Billingsley has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (1)
Parents James Bohaney Billingsley Jr. + Elizabeth Jane Alexander
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Hugh Billingsley - Household
Cherokee, Alabama
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Henry Hugh Billingsley - Household
Township 12 Range 11 Cherokee, Alabama, USA
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Sloan Sr. - Household
Tecumseh, Cherokee, Alabama
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Sloan Sr. - Household
Cedartown, Polk, Georgia
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Sloan Sr. - Household
Jones Street? Cedartown, Polk, Georgia
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Lee Sloan Sr. - Household
327 Jones Street Cedartown, Polk, Georgia
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