Rosa Anna GreeneAge: 79 years1866–1946
- Name
- Rosa Anna Greene
- Given names
- Rosa Anna
- Surname
- Greene
- Married name
- Rosa Anna Poteat
 Birth | September 19, 1866 56 36 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 3 months)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 3 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Birth of a sister | Emma Narmesia Greene May 10, 1870 (Age 3 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a father | Robert Greene January 14, 1885 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a mother | Julia Ann Moore July 4, 1886 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Louisa Greene February 24, 1892 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 |
| Death of a half-brother | Leonidas Leander Greene November 2, 1898 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 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 50 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 51 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/ |
| Death of a half-sister | Elizabeth Ellen Greene April 15, 1926 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 75 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 79 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 | July 15, 1946 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert Greene Birth: August 25, 1810 28 19 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 14, 1885 — Mulberry, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Julia Ann Moore Birth: February 2, 1830 — Burke, North Carolina, United States Death: July 4, 1886 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| herself |
Rosa Anna Greene Birth: September 19, 1866 56 36 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: July 15, 1946 — Bakersville, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Emma Narmesia Greene Birth: May 10, 1870 59 40 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: January 28, 1953 — Bakersville, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States |
| Father’s family with Chanie Elrod |
| father |
Robert Greene Birth: August 25, 1810 28 19 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 14, 1885 — Mulberry, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States |
| step-mother |
Chanie Elrod Birth: May 31, 1817 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 20, 1862 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 28, 1834 — |
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11 months half-sister |
Sarah Greene Birth: February 7, 1835 24 17 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 7, 1835 — North Carolina, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Louisa Greene Birth: February 7, 1837 26 19 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 24, 1892 — Kennedale, Tarrant, Texas, United States |
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3 years half-brother |
William Greene Birth: about 1839 28 21 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 26, 1863 |
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3 years half-sister |
Mary Greene Birth: September 23, 1841 31 24 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 23, 1844 — North Carolina, United States |
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4 years half-brother |
Leonidas Leander Greene Birth: November 11, 1845 35 28 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 2, 1898 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Elizabeth Ellen Greene Birth: September 4, 1848 38 31 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 15, 1926 — Washington, Tennessee, United States |