Ashford Rankin SightsAge: 82 years1903–1985
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- Ashford Rankin Sights
- Given names
- Ashford Rankin
- Surname
- Sights
 Birth | April 20, 1903 33 29 |
 Death of a father | James Mathew Sights September 24, 1906 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 6 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Edward Alexander Ross — Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell — View this family August 23, 1910 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joseph A Shemwell after 1910 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Homer Alston Ross October 6, 1912 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Homer Alston Ross October 1, 1913 (Age 10 years) |
| Burial of a half-brother | Homer Alston Ross October 7, 1913 (Age 10 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery |
| Birth of a half-sister | Madge Lucille Ross October 2, 1914 (Age 11 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 | February 8, 1920 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 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 | Herman Russel Sights March 2, 1939 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 mother | Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell September 2, 1946 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 |
| Death of a sister | Blanche H Sights September 10, 1972 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 of a sister | Effie R Sights April 24, 1980 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | August 11, 1985 (Age 82 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Mathew Sights Birth: October 3, 1869 30 32 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 24, 1906 |
| mother |
Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 7, 1892 — Niagara, Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Effie R Sights Birth: November 1892 23 18 Death: April 24, 1980 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Herman Russel Sights Birth: estimated March 1896 26 22 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: March 2, 1939 |
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2 years elder sister |
Blanche H Sights Birth: April 29, 1898 28 24 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: September 10, 1972 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years himself |
Ashford Rankin Sights Birth: April 20, 1903 33 29 Death: August 11, 1985 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with Edward Alexander Ross |
| step-father |
Edward Alexander Ross Birth: March 9, 1867 — Illinois, United States Death: January 28, 1927 |
| mother |
Mary Susan “Susie” Shemwell Birth: November 6, 1873 32 28 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 2, 1946 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: August 23, 1910 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Homer Alston Ross Birth: October 6, 1912 45 38 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 1, 1913 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Madge Lucille Ross Birth: October 2, 1914 47 40 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States Death: October 11, 1998 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Private |
| himself |
Ashford Rankin Sights Birth: April 20, 1903 33 29 Death: August 11, 1985 — Henderson, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Private |
Ashford Rankin Sights has 3 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Mary Susan Shemwell - Household
Hebbardsville, Henderson, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward Alexander Ross - Household
Niagra Rd. Hebbardsville, Henderson, Kentucky
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