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Albert Rice ChristianAge: 29 years19141943

Name
Albert Rice Christian
Given names
Albert Rice
Surname
Christian
Birth October 13, 1914 28 27
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 months)

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 2 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 3 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/
Birth of a sisterEmma Jane Christian
June 16, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherErnest Leon Christian
April 21, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Lemuel Christian
April 2, 1925 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 7, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEmma Inez Walton
May 5, 1931 (Age 16 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Death November 7, 1943 (Age 29 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
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Albert Rice Christian
Birth: October 13, 1914 28 27Craig, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 7, 1943
5 years
younger sister
Emma Jane Christian
Birth: June 16, 1919 33 31Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 10, 1999Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
22 months
younger brother
Ernest Leon Christian
Birth: April 21, 1921 34 33Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 27, 1995Oklahoma, United States
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ross Christian - Household

Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Christian, RossheadMW33MMOMOILmechanicRR Gill Company
Christian, CorneliawifeFW32MMOMOMO
Christian, AlbertsonMW5SOKMOMO
Christian, JanedaughterFW2 monthsSOKMOMO