Virginia Ann “Bama” HammondAge: 88 years1852–1941
- Name
- Virginia Ann “Bama” Hammond
- Given names
- Virginia Ann
- Surname
- Hammond
- Nickname
- Bama
- Married name
- Virginia Ann Heath
 Birth | August 1852 22 19 |
 Birth of a sister | Elizabeth Danalee “Bettie” Hammond August 28, 1852 |
| Birth of a brother | William Allen Hammond March 15, 1857 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 25, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Allen Hammond November 4, 1862 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Evelyn “Eva” Hammond August 10, 1863 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel Jefferson Hammond September 8, 1863 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 14 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 14 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | George W Heath — View this family March 18, 1868 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 16 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 25 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Mary Elizabeth Rhymes February 28, 1879 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 sister | Elizabeth Danalee “Bettie” Hammond June 3, 1905 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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 77 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 | February 8, 1941 (Age 88 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel Jefferson Hammond Birth: January 31, 1830 — Mississippi, United States Death: September 8, 1863 — Lisbon, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States |
| mother |
Mary Elizabeth Rhymes Birth: September 25, 1832 — Mississippi, United States Death: February 28, 1879 |
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Marriage: June 24, 1849 — Franklin, Louisiana, United States |
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3 years herself |
Virginia Ann “Bama” Hammond Birth: August 1852 22 19 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: February 8, 1941 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States |
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1 month sister |
Elizabeth Danalee “Bettie” Hammond Birth: August 28, 1852 22 19 — Louisiana, United States Death: June 3, 1905 — Louisiana, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
William Allen Hammond Birth: March 15, 1857 27 24 — Louisiana, United States Death: November 4, 1862 |
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6 years younger sister |
Mary Evelyn “Eva” Hammond Birth: August 10, 1863 33 30 — Alto, Richland, Louisiana, United States Death: January 15, 1947 — Clark, Arkansas, United States |
| Family with George W Heath |
| husband |
George W Heath Birth: August 1852 — Georgia, United States Death: |
| herself |
Virginia Ann “Bama” Hammond Birth: August 1852 22 19 — New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States Death: February 8, 1941 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States |
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Marriage: March 18, 1868 — |
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Jefferson Hammonds - Household
Franklin, Louisiana
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