Edmund Ralston1870–
- Name
- Edmund Ralston
- Given names
- Edmund
- Surname
- Ralston
 Birth | about 1870 |
 Occupation | Cook Note: Occupation provided by grand-daughter |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 28 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 46 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 47 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 |
 Marriage | Mary Mae McGehee — View this family between 1918 and 1920 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 48 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 1, 1920 (Age 50 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Jean Reigh Ralston June 2, 1920 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Mae McGehee May 23, 1929 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 59 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 grandson #1 | Woody Michael Jacoby July 5, 1943 (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Calvin Leslie Jacoby — Jean Reigh Ralston — View this family between 1941 and 1943 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 71 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 80 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 76 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 |
| Event | Jean Reigh Ralston October 2006 (Age 136 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with Mary Mae McGehee |
| himself |
Edmund Ralston Birth: about 1870 — Pennsylvania, United States Death: |
| wife |
Mary Mae McGehee Birth: May 2, 1887 19 17 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 23, 1929 — Eldorado, Butler, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: between 1918 and 1920 — |
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2 years daughter |
Jean Reigh Ralston Birth: June 2, 1920 50 33 — Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States Death: October 16, 2006 — El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States |
| Luther Erie Hooper + Mary Mae McGehee |
| wife’s husband |
Luther Erie Hooper Birth: February 13, 1882 22 27 — Alpena, Boone, Arkansas, United States Death: 1918 — Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Mary Mae McGehee Birth: May 2, 1887 19 17 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 23, 1929 — Eldorado, Butler, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: May 29, 1905 — Washington, Arkansas, United States |
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1 year step-daughter |
Olive Fern Hooper Birth: May 15, 1906 24 19 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States Death: July 10, 1958 — Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States |
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23 months step-daughter |
Vivian L Hooper Birth: April 16, 1908 26 20 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 12, 1996 — Grove, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years step-daughter |
Ovella Audrey Hooper Birth: July 27, 1910 28 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 1978 — El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Luther Wayne Hooper Birth: September 30, 1913 31 26 — Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States Death: April 8, 1995 — Jefferson, Colorado, United States |
| Michael Leroy Troutman + Mary Mae McGehee |
| wife’s husband |
Michael Leroy Troutman Birth: August 26, 1885 36 31 — Kansas, United States Death: February 15, 1941 — Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States |
| wife |
Mary Mae McGehee Birth: May 2, 1887 19 17 — Arkansas, United States Death: May 23, 1929 — Eldorado, Butler, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: between 1921 and 1925 — |
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6 years step-son |
Donald Leroy Troutman Birth: June 23, 1926 40 39 — El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States Death: February 15, 2008 — Chico, Butte, California, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Edmund Ralston - Household
Butler, Kansas, United States
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| Occupation | Occupation provided by grand-daughter |