Opal Billie FitzsimmonsAge: 94 years1912–2007
- Name
- Opal Billie Fitzsimmons
- Given names
- Opal Billie
- Surname
- Fitzsimmons
- Married name
- Opal Billie Johnson
 Birth | January 19, 1912 21 18 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 6, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 18 years) |
 Death of a father | Fred Fitzsimmons August 18, 1933 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 maternal grandfather | Thomas Magus Riggins December 21, 1955 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 | January 13, 2007 (Age 94 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Fred Fitzsimmons Birth: May 19, 1890 — Missouri, United States Death: August 18, 1933 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Julia Myrtle Riggins Birth: October 12, 1893 25 18 — Tennessee, United States Death: |
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Marriage: October 1910 — Missouri, United States |
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16 months herself |
Opal Billie Fitzsimmons Birth: January 19, 1912 21 18 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 2007 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
| Family with Private |
| husband |
Private |
| herself |
Opal Billie Fitzsimmons Birth: January 19, 1912 21 18 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Death: January 13, 2007 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
Opal Billie Fitzsimmons has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (4)
Parents Ernst H Nieman + Nellie Riggins
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Parents Morris Hart Riggins + Caroline Robison
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Fred Fitzsimmons - Household
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Julia Myrtle Riggins - Household
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Living with mother in law, Lillie M Fitzsimmons |