Elbert ParkeAge: 79 years1851–1930
- Name
- Elbert Parke
- Given names
- Elbert
- Surname
- Parke
 Birth | January 1851 37 34 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | July 10, 1860 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 16 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 16 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 18 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 |
| Census | July 7, 1870 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 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 father | Oliver H P “Perry” Parke October 19, 1892 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Logsdon December 20, 1893 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 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 | Telitha Parke December 9, 1907 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a sister | Emily A Parke July 15, 1909 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a brother | Overton Parke June 7, 1914 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lucy Angelina Parke January 8, 1916 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 65 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | William James Parke 1917 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 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 67 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/ |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Parke October 1, 1928 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 78 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 | 1930 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Oliver H P “Perry” Parke Birth: November 10, 1813 43 42 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: October 19, 1892 — Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mary Logsdon Birth: June 17, 1816 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: December 20, 1893 — Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
|
Marriage: October 24, 1838 — |
|
|
15 months elder brother |
William James Parke Birth: February 3, 1840 26 23 — Illinois, United States Death: 1917 — Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States |
|
20 months elder brother |
Overton Parke Birth: October 8, 1841 27 25 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: June 7, 1914 — Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
|
22 months elder sister |
Emily A Parke Birth: July 27, 1843 29 27 — Bainbridge, Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: July 15, 1909 — Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
|
21 months elder sister |
Telitha Parke Birth: May 4, 1845 31 28 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: December 9, 1907 — Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States |
|
2 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Parke Birth: May 4, 1847 33 30 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: October 1, 1928 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
|
19 months elder sister |
Lucy Angelina Parke Birth: December 3, 1848 35 32 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: January 8, 1916 — Washington, Rushville, Illinois, United States |
|
2 years himself |
Elbert Parke Birth: January 1851 37 34 — Schuyler, Illinois, United States Death: 1930 — Riverside, Riverside, California, United States |
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household
Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Oliver H P “Perry” Parke - Household
Woodstock, Schuyler, Illinois
|