Alda TomsAge: 77 years1904–1981
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- Alda Toms
- Given names
- Alda
- Surname
- Toms
- Married name
- Alda Atkins
 Birth | January 15, 1904 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | James Albert Atkins May 9, 1933 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Robert McClellan Atkins November 3, 1938 (Age 34 years) |
 Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 husband | Claude Alexander Atkins September 19, 1950 (Age 46 years) Cause: Colon Cancer |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 41 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 | January 21, 1981 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shiloh Baptist Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
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Robert L Toms Death: |
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Mary Jane Morrow Death: |
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| herself |
Alda Toms Birth: January 15, 1904 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 21, 1981 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Claude Alexander Atkins |
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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 |
| herself |
Alda Toms Birth: January 15, 1904 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 21, 1981 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| son |
James Albert Atkins Birth: May 9, 1933 30 29 — Anderson, South Carolina, United States Death: July 29, 1995 |
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Robert McClellan Atkins Birth: November 3, 1938 36 34 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: December 9, 1999 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |