Charles Lee RigginsAge: 76 years1915–1992
- Name
- Charles Lee Riggins
- Given names
- Charles Lee
- Surname
- Riggins
 Birth | April 15, 1915 27 18 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 months)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 21 months) |
| Death of a brother | James Howard Riggins April 12, 1917 (Age 23 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Mildred Louise Riggins July 29, 1918 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 months)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 2 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 4 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 14 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 63 years) |
 Death | January 22, 1992 (Age 76 years) |
| 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 elder sister |
Christina Riggins Birth: 1913 25 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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2 years himself |
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 |
Charles Lee Riggins has 0 first cousins recorded
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| 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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