Orva I ThompsonAge: 90 years1886–1976
- Name
- Orva I Thompson
- Given names
- Orva I
- Surname
- Thompson
 Birth | May 28, 1886 38 30 |
 Birth of a sister | Corda Ruth Thompson June 29, 1888 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mabel Lafe Thompson July 1898 (Age 12 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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 1, 1900 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Alexander Thompson April 10, 1903 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Orva Adaline Holland March 29, 1909 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 2, 1920 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a father | William Lafayette Thompson July 10, 1921 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a brother | Nathaniel Alexander Thompson December 14, 1924 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah A Adams 1928 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 43 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 43 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ida Luella Thompson March 12, 1939 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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 |
| Death of a sister | Corda Ruth Thompson July 21, 1950 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hattie May Thompson 1951 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 sister | Clara Etta Thompson July 7, 1961 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 | June 29, 1976 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Lafayette Thompson Birth: February 1848 35 25 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 10, 1921 — Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Sarah A Adams Birth: April 1856 — Ohio, United States Death: 1928 — Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 1, 1871 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Ida Luella Thompson Birth: August 3, 1874 26 18 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: March 12, 1939 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
Nathaniel Alexander Thompson Birth: August 7, 1875 27 19 — Missouri, United States Death: December 14, 1924 — Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Martha Emma Thompson Birth: October 1877 29 21 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years elder sister |
Hattie May Thompson Birth: October 1879 31 23 — Buffalo, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: 1951 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Clara Etta Thompson Birth: February 28, 1884 36 27 — Missouri, United States Death: July 7, 1961 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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2 years herself |
Orva I Thompson Birth: May 28, 1886 38 30 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: June 29, 1976 — Blythe, Riverside, California, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Corda Ruth Thompson Birth: June 29, 1888 40 32 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 21, 1950 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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10 years younger sister |
Mabel Lafe Thompson Birth: July 1898 50 42 — Missouri, United States Death: 1984 |
Orva I Thompson has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (18)
Parents John Perry Lankford + Nancy Keziah Thompson
Parents Richard Wood Moore Jr + Martha Cordelia Thompson
Parents James Robert Williams + Malinda Jane Thompson
Parents Henry Clay Thompson + Dorcas Baker Fesperman
Parents Peter Edmond Gibbons + Victoria Adeline Thompson
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Lafayette Thompson - Household
Buffalo, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Lafayette Thompson - Household
3045 Hiawathia Avenue Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Henry Saft - Household
311 A. N. East Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma
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