Floyd Otis RigginsAge: 85 years1906–1991
- Name
- Floyd Otis Riggins
- Given names
- Floyd Otis
- Surname
- Riggins
 Birth | January 15, 1906 31 25 |
 Birth of a brother | Ellis Riggins about December 1909 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | May 6, 1910 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Leslie Bond Riggins January 20, 1911 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Charles Alexander Riggins April 23, 1912 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Margaret Lorene Riggins September 22, 1913 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/ |
| Death of a brother | Ellis Riggins before 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | March 11, 1920 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Roanna E Weatherford May 30, 1920 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Elbert Ellis Riggins August 17, 1921 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 23 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 | Athlee Graham — View this family May 1930 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1930 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1940 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 mother | Lucy Irene Ellis December 10, 1960 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a father | Edward Lewis Riggins April 22, 1969 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a sister | Etta Mae Riggins March 31, 1970 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a brother | Leslie Bond Riggins February 1974 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 | Elgin Lyman Riggins December 1977 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a wife | Athlee Graham January 11, 1988 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | October 9, 1991 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calvary Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Edward Lewis Riggins Birth: June 24, 1874 37 33 — Tennessee, United States Death: April 22, 1969 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Lucy Irene Ellis Birth: March 1, 1880 57 37 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: December 10, 1960 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: January 11, 1899 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
Elgin Lyman Riggins Birth: January 16, 1900 25 19 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: December 1977 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Etta Mae Riggins Birth: August 8, 1904 30 24 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: March 31, 1970 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months himself |
Floyd Otis Riggins Birth: January 15, 1906 31 25 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: October 9, 1991 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
Ellis Riggins Birth: about December 1909 35 29 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: before 1920 |
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14 months younger brother |
Leslie Bond Riggins Birth: January 20, 1911 36 30 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1974 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Margaret Lorene Riggins Birth: September 22, 1913 39 33 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: July 22, 2000 — Waverly, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Elbert Ellis Riggins Birth: August 17, 1921 47 41 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: January 4, 1995 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Athlee Graham |
| himself |
Floyd Otis Riggins Birth: January 15, 1906 31 25 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: October 9, 1991 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Athlee Graham Birth: June 14, 1909 — Michie, McNairy, Tennessee, United States Death: January 11, 1988 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: May 1930 — |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Edward Lewis Riggins - Household
Jamestown Rd. Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward Lewis Riggins - Household
Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Edward Lewis Riggins - Household
532 Highway 15 Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Floyd Otis Riggins - Household
2216 ?? Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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