Mary Elizabeth WilkersonAge: 83 years1918–2002
- Name
- Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson
- Given names
- Mary Elizabeth
- Surname
- Wilkerson
- Married name
- Mary Elizabeth Polk
 Birth | August 13, 1918 32 29 |
 Death of a mother | Francis Nora “Fannie” Moore October 19, 1918 (Age 2 months) |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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 maternal grandfather | Daniel Fletcher Moore September 11, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 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 |
 Marriage | Ira Jerome Polk — View this family March 9, 1940 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 paternal grandmother | Judith Elizabeth “Julia” Gossett March 8, 1949 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel Webster Wilkerson August 29, 1953 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 27 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 husband | Ira Jerome Polk March 20, 1992 (Age 73 years) |
 Death | June 1, 2002 (Age 83 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel Webster Wilkerson Birth: October 8, 1885 40 22 Death: August 29, 1953 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Francis Nora “Fannie” Moore Birth: August 28, 1888 32 26 — Randolph, Arkansas, United States Death: October 19, 1918 — Clay, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: June 14, 1914 — |
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10 months elder sister |
Geraldine Wilkerson Birth: April 23, 1915 29 26 Death: May 1, 2006 — Pocahontas, Randolph, Arkansas, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson Birth: August 13, 1918 32 29 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: June 1, 2002 — Big Pine, Inyo, California, United States |
| Family with Ira Jerome Polk |
| husband |
Ira Jerome Polk Birth: January 15, 1917 Death: March 20, 1992 — Lincoln City, Lincoln, Oregon, United States |
| herself |
Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson Birth: August 13, 1918 32 29 — Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States Death: June 1, 2002 — Big Pine, Inyo, California, United States |
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Marriage: March 9, 1940 — |