Nancy Lee CrookAge: 101 years1840–1941
- Name
- Nancy Lee Crook
- Given names
- Nancy Lee
- Surname
- Crook
- Married name
- Nancy Lee Armstrong
 Birth | November 21, 1840 |
 Marriage | Hannibal Armstrong — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 5 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 16 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 20 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 26 years)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 26 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 28 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Charles Lee Armstrong February 6, 1870 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 37 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Lee Armstrong — Rosa Elnora “Rosie” Shemwell — View this family Type: Civil marriage June 11, 1891 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Annis Vinita Armstrong July 13, 1895 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 57 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 granddaughter #2 | Emma Lee Armstrong December 17, 1903 (Age 63 years) |
 Census | April 20, 1910 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 75 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 76 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 77 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 husband | Hannibal Armstrong June 30, 1927 (Age 86 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 88 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 15, 1930 (Age 89 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1940 (Age 99 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 101 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 | December 5, 1941 (Age 101 years) |
| Family with Hannibal Armstrong |
| husband |
Hannibal Armstrong Birth: August 18, 1838 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 30, 1927 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Lee Crook Birth: November 21, 1840 — Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States Death: December 5, 1941 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Charles Lee Armstrong Birth: February 6, 1870 31 29 — Pilot Grove, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 28, 1956 — Houston, Harris, Texas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee Armstrong - Household
1018 Fairacres Ave Houston, Harris, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee Armstrong - Household
Block 1965 Houston, Harris, Texas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lee Armstrong - Household
3424 Telephone Houston, Harris, Texas
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