Hettie Lee AtkinsAge: 89 years1895–1985
- Name
- Hettie Lee Atkins
- Given names
- Hettie Lee
- Surname
- Atkins
- Married name
- Hettie Lee Blankenship
 Birth | August 29, 1895 27 18 |
 Birth of a brother | Charles “Charley” Atkins June 1897 (Age 21 months) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Benjamin Franklin Atkin 1900 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | June 22, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Claude Alexander Atkins October 11, 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Lorenzo Dobbins Waters — Lucy M E Norville — View this family September 8, 1907 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Emaline Shemwell January 31, 1908 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a father | Anderson M Atkins 1909 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles “Charley” Atkins before 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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/ |
 Marriage | Charlie G Blankenship — View this family June 4, 1921 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Ray Loranzia Blankenship April 25, 1922 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 34 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 of a husband | Charlie G Blankenship August 11, 1936 (Age 40 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1940 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 46 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 brother | Claude Alexander Atkins September 19, 1950 (Age 55 years) Cause: Colon Cancer |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 M E Norville February 20, 1957 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 son | Ray Loranzia Blankenship December 20, 1983 (Age 88 years) |
 Death | February 21, 1985 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shiloh Baptist Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Anderson M Atkins Birth: March 1868 23 27 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: 1909 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Lucy M E Norville Birth: October 9, 1876 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: February 20, 1957 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: October 8, 1893 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months herself |
Hettie Lee Atkins Birth: August 29, 1895 27 18 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: February 21, 1985 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Charles “Charley” Atkins Birth: June 1897 29 20 — Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: before 1910 |
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5 years younger brother |
Claude Alexander Atkins Birth: October 11, 1902 34 26 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: September 19, 1950 — Sulphur Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| Mother’s family with Lorenzo Dobbins Waters |
| step-father |
Lorenzo Dobbins Waters Birth: June 22, 1876 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 20, 1938 |
| mother |
Lucy M E Norville Birth: October 9, 1876 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: February 20, 1957 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: September 8, 1907 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Charlie G Blankenship |
| husband |
Charlie G Blankenship Birth: December 25, 1898 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: August 11, 1936 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Hettie Lee Atkins Birth: August 29, 1895 27 18 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: February 21, 1985 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: June 4, 1921 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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11 months son |
Ray Loranzia Blankenship Birth: April 25, 1922 23 26 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: December 20, 1983 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
Hettie Lee Atkins has 20 first cousins recorded
Father's family (20)
Parents Jacop Henry Mangum + Laura Wendeline Atkin
Parents Albert Allen Atkin + Nettie Janie McCoy
5Private–
Parents Albert Allen Atkin + Ida Verena Poore
Parents Arney Lee Atkins + Amanda Corene Stone
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Anderson M Atkins - Household
Pendelton, Anderson, South Carolina
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lorenzo Dobbins Waters - Household
Cane Creek Eoad Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Hettie Lee Atkins - Household
Sulphur Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina
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