Celia Catherine SikesAge: 77 years1857–1935
- Name
- Celia Catherine Sikes
- Given names
- Celia Catherine
- Surname
- Sikes
- Married name
- Celia Catherine Rassman
 Birth | August 4, 1857 39 21 |
 Marriage | William Ernest Rassman — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: 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 3 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 9 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 9 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 11 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 father | William Howell Sikes about 1870 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Dassa Rassman December 10, 1897 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Frederick Fisher — Mary Dassa Rassman — View this family January 24, 1915 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 grandson #1 | Carl Garner Fisher June 10, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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 grandson #2 | George William Fisher October 12, 1919 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Lillie Marie Fisher July 16, 1927 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | William Howell Sikes Jr. April 22, 1929 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 husband | William Ernest Rassman February 1930 (Age 72 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Landon Ray Fisher September 12, 1931 (Age 74 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Paul Dean Fisher September 19, 1934 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | May 3, 1935 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Taylor's Chapel Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Howell Sikes Birth: about 1818 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1870 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ann “Sallie” Bowers Birth: about 1836 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: June 29, 1855 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years herself |
Celia Catherine Sikes Birth: August 4, 1857 39 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 3, 1935 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Father’s family with Sarah Rebecca Geurin |
| father |
William Howell Sikes Birth: about 1818 — North Carolina, United States Death: about 1870 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Sarah Rebecca Geurin Birth: October 20, 1824 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 1, 1855 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 11, 1840 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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10 years half-brother |
William Howell Sikes Jr. Birth: January 5, 1851 33 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1929 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with William Ernest Rassman |
| husband |
William Ernest Rassman Birth: September 9, 1856 — Foward, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States Death: February 1930 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Celia Catherine Sikes Birth: August 4, 1857 39 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 3, 1935 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Mary Dassa Rassman Birth: December 10, 1897 41 40 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 14, 1986 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States |