John Sidney TraversAge: 73 years1888–1961
- Name
- John Sidney Travers
- Given names
- John Sidney
- Surname
- Travers
 Birth | November 2, 1888 29 31 |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary E Warner April 26, 1896 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)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 |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 11 years) |
| Census | May 2, 1910 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | Ada Virginia Blank — View this family calculated 1911 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ada B Travers 1911 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WW1 Draft June 5, 1917 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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 31 years) |
| Death of a brother | Charles Elias Travers July 28, 1929 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 40 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 2, 1930 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | John H Travers June 15, 1930 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a mother | Catherine J … November 23, 1933 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Kenneth Lee Rudy — Ada B Travers — View this family calculated 1939 (Age 50 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Sidney Lee Rudy February 16, 1944 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 61 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 24, 1961 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Loudon Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John H Travers Birth: January 14, 1859 47 28 — District of Columbia, United States Death: June 15, 1930 — Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States |
| mother |
Catherine J … Birth: December 1856 — Maryland, United States Death: November 23, 1933 — Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States |
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Marriage: 1881 — |
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1 year elder brother |
Charles Elias Travers Birth: January 7, 1882 22 25 — Maryland, United States Death: July 28, 1929 — Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary L “Mollie” Travers Birth: December 1884 25 28 — Maryland, United States Death: |
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15 months elder sister |
Minnie E Travers Birth: February 1886 27 29 — Maryland, United States Death: February 1970 — Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland, United States |
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3 years himself |
John Sidney Travers Birth: November 2, 1888 29 31 — Laurel, Prince George's, Maryland, United States Death: December 24, 1961 — Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States |
| Family with Ada Virginia Blank |
| himself |
John Sidney Travers Birth: November 2, 1888 29 31 — Laurel, Prince George's, Maryland, United States Death: December 24, 1961 — Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States |
| wife |
Ada Virginia Blank Birth: June 11, 1890 — Baltimore, Maryland, United States Death: February 1965 |
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Marriage: calculated 1911 — |
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1 year daughter |
Ada B Travers Birth: 1911 22 20 — Maryland, United States Death: April 5, 1963 — Elkrldge, Howard, Maryland, United States |
John Sidney Travers has 11 first cousins recorded
Father's family (11)
Parents Joseph Travers + Mary Elizabeth Shaney
Parents Charles E Travers + Amelia C Kohler
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John H Travers - Household
Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John H Travers - Household
Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Sidney Travers - Household
Dist 1 West of center of Washington Pike Elk Ridge, Howard, Maryland
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - John Sidney Travers - Household
Levering Avenue Elk Ridge, Howard, Maryland
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Sidney Travers - Household
Levering Avenue ElkRidge, Howard, Maryland
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