 Birth | March 15, 1919 24 19 |
 Marriage | Martin Albert Small Jr. — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Joyce Christensen November 19, 1920 (Age 20 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Betty Jean Christensen May 24, 1924 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 10 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 11, 1930 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Henrietta Jane “Etta” Pring May 11, 1941 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia Mae Christensen July 13, 1944 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | William David “Bill” Small July 24, 1953 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 26 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 of a sister | Virginia Mae Christensen June 10, 1983 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a mother | Dorothy Pruitt “Mable” Shemwell April 1, 1984 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a father | Walter David Christensen May 5, 1987 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a son | William David “Bill” Small February 13, 1992 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Betty Jean Christensen October 29, 1992 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a husband | Martin Albert Small Jr. January 2, 2005 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | September 2, 2006 (Age 87 years) |