Almorinda Jane “Alma” ChristianAge: 87 years1853–1940
- Name
- Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian
- Given names
- Almorinda Jane
- Surname
- Christian
- Nickname
- Alma
- Married name
- Almorinda Jane Gregory
 Birth | 1853 29 20 |
 Marriage | John W Gregory — View this family unknown |
 Birth of a sister | Mary S Christian December 2, 1854 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Bell Christian October 20, 1857 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Census | June 19, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Annie Elizabeth Christian May 28, 1862 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 14 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 14 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a brother | Nicholas Edward “Nick” Christian January 1, 1868 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 16 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 brother | T Mc Christian March 1870 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | June 27, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Nicholas Christian March 15, 1872 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | William T Gregory August 26, 1876 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Christian September 7, 1876 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah “Sally” Shemwell October 1877 (Age 24 years) Cause: Died of Dropsy |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 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 son #2 | John S Gregory January 1879 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a brother | T Mc Christian before 1880 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Eva May Gregory October 1884 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a father | William Parham Christian May 30, 1887 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Dow Owen Gregory April 18, 1889 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 mother | Mildred M Satterfield after 1900 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Margaret Katherine Gregory June 8, 1916 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 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 64 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 65 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 of a sister | Mary S Christian October 7, 1935 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a husband | John W Gregory February 11, 1940 (Age 87 years) Cause: Carcinoma of the face |
 Death | November 30, 1940 (Age 87 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Parham Christian Birth: 1824 27 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 30, 1887 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mildred M Satterfield Birth: October 1832 — Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1900 — Kentucky, United States |
|
Marriage: April 17, 1852 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States |
|
|
20 months herself |
Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian Birth: 1853 29 20 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: November 30, 1940 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
|
23 months younger sister |
Mary S Christian Birth: December 2, 1854 30 22 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: October 7, 1935 — Herrin, Williamson, Illinois, United States |
|
3 years younger sister |
Nancy Bell Christian Birth: October 20, 1857 33 25 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 16, 1946 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
|
5 years younger sister |
Annie Elizabeth Christian Birth: May 28, 1862 38 29 — Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1952 — Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
|
6 years younger brother |
Nicholas Edward “Nick” Christian Birth: January 1, 1868 44 35 — Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: December 11, 1946 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
|
2 years younger brother |
T Mc Christian Birth: March 1870 46 37 — Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: before 1880 |
|
7 years younger sister |
Sarah Elizabeth “Lizzie” Christian Birth: September 7, 1876 52 43 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 7, 1958 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with John W Gregory |
| husband |
John W Gregory Birth: December 6, 1855 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: February 11, 1940 — Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian Birth: 1853 29 20 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: November 30, 1940 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
|
Marriage: — |
|
| son |
William T Gregory Birth: August 26, 1876 20 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
|
2 years son |
John S Gregory Birth: January 1879 23 26 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
|
6 years daughter |
Eva May Gregory Birth: October 1884 28 31 — Kentucky, United States Death: |
|
5 years son |
Dow Owen Gregory Birth: April 18, 1889 33 36 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: 1964 — East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States |
Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (19)
Parents Phillip Kenly Christian + Margaret E Linebaugh
Parents Jephthah I Harris + Phada Jane “Fadie” Christian
Parents John Samuel Christian + Elizabeth Ann Floyd
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - William Parham Christian - Household
Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky
Is John Stephens related? -b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - William Parham Christian - Household
Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky
|