James Hugh Gilliam1911–
- Name
- James Hugh Gilliam
- Given names
- James Hugh
- Surname
- Gilliam
 Birth | April 23, 1911 33 30 |
 Birth of a brother | Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr. September 11, 1915 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 sister | Janie Ruth Gilliam August 15, 1917 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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 | January 17, 1920 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | William Alfred Gilliam August 11, 1921 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Alfred Gilliam July 14, 1923 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Chester Gant April 8, 1925 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Alfred Mack Gant September 4, 1927 (Age 16 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Rasmus Elden Gilliam — Ione Robinson — View this family about 1929 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 30, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | James Lafayette Gilliam Sr. January 28, 1933 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 father | Rasmus Elden Gilliam October 6, 1952 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 34 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 brother | Paul Gant Gilliam February 13, 1991 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Lucille Gilliam July 6, 1995 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a brother | Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr. August 21, 2002 (Age 91 years) |
| Death of a sister | Janie Ruth Gilliam November 28, 2004 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Rasmus Elden Gilliam Birth: March 7, 1878 31 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 1952 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mary Chester Gant Birth: September 4, 1880 32 30 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 8, 1925 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1899 — |
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7 years elder brother |
Paul Gant Gilliam Birth: September 1, 1905 27 24 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 13, 1991 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Lucille Gilliam Birth: June 29, 1908 30 27 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1995 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years himself |
James Hugh Gilliam Birth: April 23, 1911 33 30 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: |
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4 years younger brother |
Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr. Birth: September 11, 1915 37 35 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: August 21, 2002 |
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23 months younger sister |
Janie Ruth Gilliam Birth: August 15, 1917 39 36 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 28, 2004 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
William Alfred Gilliam Birth: August 11, 1921 43 40 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 14, 1923 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Ione Robinson |
| father |
Rasmus Elden Gilliam Birth: March 7, 1878 31 30 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: October 6, 1952 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Ione Robinson Birth: August 7, 1888 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 1, 1978 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1929 — |
James Hugh Gilliam has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (18)
Parents Dallas Vanmeter Gilliam + Evalena Lena Higgins
Parents Elvy Opedia Meador + Susan Elliot Gilliam
Parents George Verner Richardson + Pruda C “Prudie” Gilliam
Parents James Loranza Gilliam + Nell Dawson
Parents Warren L Turner + Nannie Cashman Gilliam
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Rasmus Elden Gilliam - Household
New Stead, Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Rasmus Elden Gilliam - Household
Christian, Kentucky
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