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Eula Virginia OrrAge: 87 years19061994

Name
Eula Virginia Orr
Given names
Eula Virginia
Surname
Orr
Married name
Eula Virginia Williams
Birth August 28, 1906
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/
Birth of a son
#1
Rodney Gwynn Williams
March 24, 1927 (Age 20 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
Census April 19, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Lee “Tommy” Williams
March 3, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 33 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
Death of a sonRodney Gwynn Williams
March 21, 1952 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Airplane Crash - Navy
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 sonThomas Lee “Tommy” Williams
July 25, 1958 (Age 51 years)

Death of a husbandWilliam Walker Williams
December 3, 1973 (Age 67 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 February 17, 1994 (Age 87 years)

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Rodney Gwynn Williams
Birth: March 24, 1927 24 20Kansas, United States
Death: March 21, 1952Nueces, Texas, United States
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Walker Williams - Household

Parker, Montgomery, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Williams, Walker WheadMW27MMOMOMOWorkerCleaning Shop
Williams, Eula VwifeFW24MOKILKS
Williams, Rodney GsonMW3SKSMOOK