William E “Duck” CarrAge: 75 years1862–1938
- Name
- William E “Duck” Carr
- Given names
- William E
- Surname
- Carr
- Nickname
- Duck
 Birth | October 23, 1862 |
 Marriage | Iva Aurora Roberts — View this family unknown |
 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 |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 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 4 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 6 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 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 | Hallie Blanche Carr October 1, 1887 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Waneta Christian October 2, 1909 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Curtis William Christian — Hallie Blanche Carr — View this family about 1909 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Retha Grace Christian June 3, 1911 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Rufus J Christian March 20, 1913 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Curtis William Christian 1915 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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 #5 | Harold Griffith Christian May 16, 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Curtis William Christian November 27, 1919 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Rufus J Christian November 29, 1919 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Howard Dale Christian December 8, 1921 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Barbara J Christian November 27, 1928 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 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 | August 27, 1938 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery |
| Family with Iva Aurora Roberts |
| himself |
William E “Duck” Carr Birth: October 23, 1862 — Putnam, Indiana, United States Death: August 27, 1938 — Morris, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Iva Aurora Roberts Birth: June 15, 1867 — Ohio, United States Death: September 21, 1957 — Morris, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Hallie Blanche Carr Birth: October 1, 1887 24 20 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States Death: March 22, 1985 — Council Grove, Morris, Kansas, United States |