Christina Riggins1913–
- Name
- Christina Riggins
- Given names
- Christina
- Surname
- Riggins
 Birth | 1913 25 16 |
 Birth of a brother | Charles Lee Riggins April 15, 1915 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a brother | James Howard Riggins February 14, 1917 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Howard Riggins April 12, 1917 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mildred Louise Riggins July 29, 1918 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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 | February 13, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 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 17 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 37 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 |
| Death of a father | Herman Chestney Riggins 1973 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 | Mildred Louise Riggins February 1979 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Lee Riggins January 22, 1992 (Age 79 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Herman Chestney Riggins Birth: August 28, 1887 58 22 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: 1973 — Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mertha Doris Weston Birth: October 3, 1896 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: December 1, 1912 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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13 months herself |
Christina Riggins Birth: 1913 25 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
Charles Lee Riggins Birth: April 15, 1915 27 18 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 22, 1992 |
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22 months younger brother |
James Howard Riggins Birth: February 14, 1917 29 20 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: April 12, 1917 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months younger sister |
Mildred Louise Riggins Birth: July 29, 1918 30 21 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: February 1979 |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Herman Chestney Riggins - Household
Stewart, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Herman Chestney Riggins - Household
Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
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