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Alice Janet CobbAge: 70 years19021973

Name
Alice Janet Cobb
Given names
Alice Janet
Surname
Cobb
Birth September 29, 1902 29 27
Census June 1, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Death of a fatherSanford Roland Cobb
September 18, 1915 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 16, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAthalia E Clardy
March 13, 1923 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 8, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 43 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 June 5, 1973 (Age 70 years)
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father
Sanford Roland Cobb
Birth: February 4, 1873Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death: September 18, 1915Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
mother
Marriage: December 10, 1895Stewart, Tennessee, United States
7 years
herself
Alice Janet Cobb
Birth: September 29, 1902 29 27Foxborough, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death: June 5, 1973Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Sanford Roland Cobb - Household

Maroa, Twin Falls, Idaho

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cobb, Sanford RheadMW37M14MAMAMAFarmer
Cobb, ElizabethwifeFW34M1411TNTNTN
Cobb, AlicedaughterFW7SMAMATN
Howard, Athaliamother in lawFW63Wd11TNVATN
Parton, Lynnhired handMW19SILILILFarmer

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth B “Lizzie” Howard - Household

Madison Street Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cobb, Elizabeth HheadFW41WdTNTNTN
Cobb, Alice JdaughterFW16SMAMATN
Howard, Athalia EmotherFW71WdTNVATN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth B “Lizzie” Howard - Household

Madison Street Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cobb, Elizabeth HheadFW51Wd20TNTNTN
Cobb, Alice JdaughterFW27SMAMATNFile ClerkCotton Mill

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth B “Lizzie” Howard - Household

Madison Street Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cobb, Elizabeth HheadFW64WdTNSame house
Cobb, AlicedaughterFW37SMASame houseClerkMfg. Office Clerk