Nellie RigginsAge: 101 years1896–1998
- Name
- Nellie Riggins
- Given names
- Nellie
- Surname
- Riggins
- Married name
- Nellie Nieman
 Birth | May 1896 27 20 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 months)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a sister | Nettie Riggins October 1898 (Age 2 years) |
 Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Morris Hart Riggins October 12, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William M Riggins Jr. September 21, 1907 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 | January 14, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 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 4, 1930 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | April 6, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 | Thomas Magus Riggins December 21, 1955 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | Morris Hart Riggins December 19, 1961 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a husband | Ernst H Nieman June 30, 1964 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 | March 9, 1998 (Age 101 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Magus Riggins Birth: August 28, 1868 39 29 — Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 21, 1955 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Addie Eliza Hart Birth: August 1875 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: September 30, 1891 — Houston, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Julia Myrtle Riggins Birth: October 12, 1893 25 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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3 years herself |
Nellie Riggins Birth: May 1896 27 20 Death: March 9, 1998 |
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3 years younger sister |
Nettie Riggins Birth: October 1898 30 23 Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
Morris Hart Riggins Birth: October 12, 1900 32 25 — Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States Death: December 19, 1961 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Ernst H Nieman |
| husband |
Ernst H Nieman Birth: January 8, 1894 — Concordia, Lafayette, Missouri, United States Death: June 30, 1964 |
| herself |
Nellie Riggins Birth: May 1896 27 20 Death: March 9, 1998 |
| daughter |
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Nellie Riggins has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (15)
Parents Joseph Wilson DeWees + Annie E Riggins
Parents William Daniel Stalls + Martha Earl Riggins
Parents Hiram Presley Ables + Fannie Bell Riggins
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magus Riggins - Household
Henry, Virginia, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magus Riggins - Household
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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