Virginia Jane WilsonAge: 81 years1853–1934
- Name
- Virginia Jane Wilson
- Given names
- Virginia Jane
- Surname
- Wilson
- Married name
- Virginia Jane Parks
 Birth | June 12, 1853 |
 Marriage | Benjamin F Parks — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: 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 7 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 13 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 13 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 15 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 24 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 | Oma Parks September 6, 1881 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Wiley Parks October 30, 1886 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 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 | Joseph Parish Cherry — Oma Parks — View this family August 2, 1903 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Vanoy Cherry June 18, 1904 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Glaydes Cherry August 8, 1906 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Glaydes Cherry 1906 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Oma Parks October 23, 1906 (Age 53 years) |
 Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | Benjamin F Parks December 23, 1916 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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 21, 1920 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 5, 1930 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | December 14, 1934 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with Benjamin F Parks |
| husband |
Benjamin F Parks Birth: May 4, 1837 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 23, 1916 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Virginia Jane Wilson Birth: June 12, 1853 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 14, 1934 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Oma Parks Birth: September 6, 1881 44 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 23, 1906 — Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States |
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5 years son |
William Wiley Parks Birth: October 30, 1886 49 33 — Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, United States Death: January 24, 1946 — Butte City, Glenn, California, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin F Parks - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Virginia Jane Wilson - Household
Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William J Yeats - Household
1st. Street Weatherford, Parker, Texas
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