The Shemwell Family

Morris Hart RigginsAge: 61 years19001961

Name
Morris Hart Riggins
Given names
Morris Hart
Surname
Riggins
Birth October 12, 1900 32 25
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam M Riggins Jr.
September 21, 1907 (Age 6 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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
MarriageCaroline RobisonView this family
about 1930 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Thomas Morris Riggins
January 26, 1931 (Age 30 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 fatherThomas Magus Riggins
December 21, 1955 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 December 19, 1961 (Age 61 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Thomas Magus Riggins
Birth: August 28, 1868 39 29Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 21, 1955St. Louis, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: September 30, 1891Houston, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
Morris Hart Riggins
Birth: October 12, 1900 32 25Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States
Death: December 19, 1961St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Family with Caroline Robison - View this family
himself
Morris Hart Riggins
Birth: October 12, 1900 32 25Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States
Death: December 19, 1961St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1930
13 months
son
Thomas Morris Riggins
Birth: January 26, 1931 30 19Missouri, United States
Death: December 16, 1969St Louis, Missouri, United States

Morris Hart Riggins has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Magus Riggins - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Riggins, Thomas headMW39M18TNTNTNpackercement works
Riggins, Addie wifeFW32M1844TNTNTN
Riggins, JuliadaughterFW16STNTNTNauditormanufacturer
Riggins, NelliedaughterFW14STNTNTN
Riggins, NettiedaughterFW11STNTNTN
Riggins, Morris HsonMW9SVATNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Morris Hart Riggins - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Riggins, Morris HheadMW39MVAforemanautomobile plant
Riggins, Caroline OwifeFW28MIL
Riggins, Thomas MsonMW9SMO
Riggins, ThomasfatherMW71DTN