Opal Beatrice FordAge: 67 years1906–1974
- Name
- Opal Beatrice Ford
- Given names
- Opal Beatrice
- Surname
- Ford
- Married name
- Opal Beatrice Valentine
 Birth | November 15, 1906 22 18 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford April 15, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 9 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 sister | Barbara Luella Ford January 21, 1918 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 maternal grandfather | Thomas Larkin Paxton 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Anne Ford June 14, 1921 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Robert Ford September 4, 1923 (Age 16 years) |
 Marriage | Lowell Leon Valentine — View this family estimated 1925 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Robert Ford January 13, 1926 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Patsy Joe Valentine March 12, 1926 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 9, 1930 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1940 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Barbara Jane Driskill September 11, 1942 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Kristine Anne Kockritz October 18, 1950 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 brother | Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford August 29, 1971 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 | February 8, 1974 (Age 67 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Verna Elmore Ford Birth: September 9, 1884 — Union, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1974 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mayme Nell Paxton Birth: December 15, 1887 27 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 28, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1905 — |
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22 months herself |
Opal Beatrice Ford Birth: November 15, 1906 22 18 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1974 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford Birth: April 15, 1910 25 22 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1971 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Barbara Luella Ford Birth: January 21, 1918 33 30 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1992 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ruth Anne Ford Birth: June 14, 1921 36 33 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 30, 2009 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
James Robert Ford Birth: September 4, 1923 38 35 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1926 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Lowell Leon Valentine |
| husband |
Lowell Leon Valentine Birth: June 4, 1904 — Fulton, Obion, Tennessee, United States Death: May 27, 1985 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Opal Beatrice Ford Birth: November 15, 1906 22 18 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1974 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1925 — |
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14 months daughter |
Patsy Joe Valentine Birth: March 12, 1926 21 19 — Warren, Kentucky, United States Death: August 17, 2016 — Frisco, Denton, Texas, United States |
Opal Beatrice Ford has 10 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (10)
Parents Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton + Maud M Coursey
Parents Harry Estell Paxton + Laura Jane Laswell
Parents Abner Herschel Mohon + Maybelle Ann Paxton
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
Walnut Street Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
399 Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lowell Leon Valentine - Household
North Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Lowell Leon Valentine - Household
Bonnycastle Avenue Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
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