Ruby Pearl KnottAge: 91 years1911–2003
- Name
- Ruby Pearl Knott
- Given names
- Ruby Pearl
- Surname
- Knott
- Married name
- Ruby Pearl Selby
 Birth | July 18, 1911 25 22 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/ |
 Death of a mother | Eliza Leola Durr May 28, 1924 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Edward Casto Selby — View this family July 2, 1929 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 22, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Jack Wayne Selby May 26, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a husband | Edward Casto Selby June 22, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 | Arthur Carl Knott January 31, 1968 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 25, 2003 (Age 91 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Arthur Carl Knott Birth: December 6, 1885 Death: January 31, 1968 |
| mother |
Eliza Leola Durr Birth: September 7, 1888 Death: May 28, 1924 |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Ruby Pearl Knott Birth: July 18, 1911 25 22 — Marthaville, Sabine, Louisiana, United States Death: June 25, 2003 — Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States |
| Family with Edward Casto Selby |
| husband |
Edward Casto Selby Birth: about 1907 55 45 — Tennessee, United States Death: June 22, 1930 — Sabine, Louisiana, United States |
| herself |
Ruby Pearl Knott Birth: July 18, 1911 25 22 — Marthaville, Sabine, Louisiana, United States Death: June 25, 2003 — Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States |
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Marriage: July 2, 1929 — Rapides, Rapides, Louisiana, United States |
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11 months son |
Jack Wayne Selby Birth: May 26, 1930 23 18 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: April 18, 2020 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
Ruby Pearl Knott has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Edward Casto Selby - Household
Robeline, Natchitoches, Louisiana
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