Della WattsAge: 88 years1868–1957
- Name
- Della Watts
- Given names
- Della
- Surname
- Watts
- Married name
- Della Townsend
 Birth | December 18, 1868 51 37 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 14 days)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 |
 Census | July 16, 1870 (Age 18 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Robert Watts 1873 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 5, 1880 (Age 11 years) |
 Religious marriage | Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Townsend — View this family February 18, 1891 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 |
| Census | June 12, 1900 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Daniel Lucas Watts October 26, 1913 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 3, 1920 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a mother | Julia Bingham July 20, 1920 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 60 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 brother | James M Watts January 6, 1931 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Orren Jasper Watts August 2, 1937 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Price Watts March 5, 1939 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 72 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 | Lester Watts January 20, 1946 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 81 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 sister | Dora Watts June 23, 1957 (Age 88 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 | November 25, 1957 (Age 88 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Daniel Lucas Watts Birth: March 6, 1817 — Ohio, United States Death: October 26, 1913 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Julia Bingham Birth: June 14, 1831 37 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: July 20, 1920 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: November 23, 1848 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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5 months elder brother |
George D Watts Birth: May 7, 1849 32 17 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: October 14, 1855 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Orren Jasper Watts Birth: January 27, 1853 35 21 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: August 2, 1937 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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18 months elder brother |
James M Watts Birth: July 30, 1854 37 23 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: January 6, 1931 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
William Price Watts Birth: August 2, 1857 40 26 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: March 5, 1939 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Lester Watts Birth: December 12, 1859 42 28 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: January 20, 1946 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
John Watts Birth: 1861 43 29 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
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6 years elder sister |
Dora Watts Birth: March 28, 1867 50 35 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: June 23, 1957 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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21 months herself |
Della Watts Birth: December 18, 1868 51 37 — Saline, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 25, 1957 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Robert Watts Birth: 1873 55 41 — Missouri, United States Death: |
| Family with Benjamin Franklin “Frank” Townsend |
| husband | |
| herself |
Della Watts Birth: December 18, 1868 51 37 — Saline, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 25, 1957 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: February 18, 1891 — Saline, Missouri, United States |
Della Watts has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (18)
Parents Jacob Bingham + Parilee Crutcher
Parents Capt. George Bingham + Minerva Valdenar
Parents Green L Grubb + Margaret Bingham
Parents William Price Bingham + Colanne Whips
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household
Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household
Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household
Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Julia Bingham - Household
Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
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