Hellen L McGinnis1862–
- Name
- Hellen L McGinnis
- Given names
- Hellen L
- Surname
- McGinnis
 Birth | calculated 1862 34 31 |
 Birth of a brother | Hezekiah J McGinnis calculated 1864 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 |
| Birth of a brother | John Wesley McGinnis March 1867 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 5 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 5 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 7 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 sister | Carrie F McGinnis May 1870 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | October 15, 1870 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Hezekiah McGinnis February 28, 1872 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie L McGinnis November 1873 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 16 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 14, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 36 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 | John Wesley McGinnis September 24, 1930 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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 88 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 84 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 | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James A McGinnis Birth: calculated 1828 24 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
| mother |
Henrietta Sublett Birth: estimated 1831 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
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Marriage: July 23, 1853 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Sarah E McGinnis Birth: April 25, 1854 26 23 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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2 years elder brother |
William R “Willie” McGinnis Birth: June 1856 28 25 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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19 months elder brother |
Eugene McGinnis Birth: calculated 1857 29 26 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years elder brother |
Mary D “Nancy” McGinnis Birth: calculated 1860 32 29 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Hellen L McGinnis Birth: calculated 1862 34 31 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Hezekiah J McGinnis Birth: calculated 1864 36 33 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
John Wesley McGinnis Birth: March 1867 39 36 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1930 — Delafield, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Carrie F McGinnis Birth: May 1870 42 39 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years younger sister |
Annie L McGinnis Birth: November 1873 45 42 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: |
Hellen L McGinnis has 11 first cousins recorded
Father's family (11)
Parents Starling A McGinnis + Mary Fannie Smith
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - James A McGinnis - Household
Hadley, Warren, Kentucky
Carrie is ?antha see 1880 census & Harret is only 33? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James A McGinnis - Household
Hadley, Warren, Kentucky
Nancy is now Mary & Henrietta' age is good -b |