Rosa Ella HelmAge: 64 years1866–1931
- Name
- Rosa Ella Helm
- Given names
- Rosa Ella
- Surname
- Helm
- Married name
- Rosa Ella Epps
 Birth | November 24, 1866 22 22 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 38 days)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 38 days)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 |
 Birth of a sister | Frances Elizabeth Helm March 11, 1872 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Eldora Florence Helm October 15, 1879 (Age 12 years) |
 Census | June 12, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Henry Helm March 25, 1883 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | Stephens Alonza Conner Epps — View this family November 23, 1890 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Asa Arthur Epps October 2, 1891 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Byrd Epps February 4, 1894 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Chlorus Marion Epps October 31, 1896 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Freddie Epps about 1898 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 son | Freddie Epps before 1900 (Age 33 years) Note: In the 1900 census, Stephen and Rosa Epps were listed as have bore 4 children with 3 still living. The living children would have been Asa, William, and Chlorus. It is presumed that Freddie had died before 1900. He would have been born after Stephen/Rosa's wedding in 1890. The name "Freddie" came from a Helm family member from FamilySearch. |
| Census | June 15, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Lawrence Carroll Epps February 5, 1901 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha Jane Emerson June 7, 1903 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Wallas Morgan Epps January 3, 1908 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Asa Arthur Epps — Eva Ethel Thurman — View this family November 6, 1909 (Age 42 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1910 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Rosa Grace Epps June 8, 1911 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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 28, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a son | Asa Arthur Epps November 6, 1922 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a son | Chlorus Marion Epps September 21, 1923 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a son | Wallas Morgan Epps June 13, 1925 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 5, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a father | Marion Wilson Helm July 16, 1930 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | September 30, 1931 (Age 64 years) |
| Death | Rosa Grace Epps January 14, 1995 (Age 128 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Black Creek Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Marion Wilson Helm Birth: April 23, 1844 — Tennessee, United States Death: July 16, 1930 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Martha Jane Emerson Birth: December 30, 1843 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 7, 1903 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 1, 1866 — Johnson, Illinois, United States |
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9 months herself |
Rosa Ella Helm Birth: November 24, 1866 22 22 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 30, 1931 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Frances Elizabeth Helm Birth: March 11, 1872 27 28 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: June 21, 1951 |
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8 years younger sister |
Eldora Florence Helm Birth: October 15, 1879 35 35 — Missouri, United States Death: May 14, 1960 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Henry Helm Birth: March 25, 1883 38 39 — Missouri, United States Death: June 4, 1966 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Stephens Alonza Conner Epps |
| husband |
Stephens Alonza Conner Epps Birth: November 27, 1872 33 28 — Missouri, United States Death: November 28, 1938 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Rosa Ella Helm Birth: November 24, 1866 22 22 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 30, 1931 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: November 23, 1890 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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10 months son |
Asa Arthur Epps Birth: October 2, 1891 18 24 — Missouri, United States Death: November 6, 1922 — Missouri, United States |
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2 years son |
William Byrd Epps Birth: February 4, 1894 21 27 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 1, 1978 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Chlorus Marion Epps Birth: October 31, 1896 23 29 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 21, 1923 — Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States |
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2 years son |
Freddie Epps Birth: about 1898 25 31 — Missouri, United States Death: before 1900 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years son |
Lawrence Carroll Epps Birth: February 5, 1901 28 34 — Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 12, 1956 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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7 years son |
Wallas Morgan Epps Birth: January 3, 1908 35 41 — Missouri, United States Death: June 13, 1925 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Rosa Grace Epps Birth: June 8, 1911 38 44 — Missouri, United States Death: January 14, 1995 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Marion Wilson Helm - Household
ED 13 Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Stephens Alonza Conner Epps - Household
ED 12 Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Stephens Alonza Conner Epps - Household
ED 3 Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Stephens Alonza Conner Epps - Household
ED 10 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Stephens Alonza Conner Epps - Household
ED 16 Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
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