Lew Wallace NortonAge: 84 years1862–1946
- Name
- Lew Wallace Norton
- Given names
- Lew Wallace
- Surname
- Norton
 Birth | July 4, 1862 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)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 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Emma Grace Hendrix — View this family calculated 1887 (Age 24 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Ethel Belle Norton September 24, 1888 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Maud M Norton November 1896 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 16, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Harry Wells — Ethel Belle Norton — View this family calculated 1904 (Age 41 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Fredrick Lew Wells September 13, 1905 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Albert Harold Wells October 2, 1907 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Wesley Norton Wells April 23, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | May 11, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Charles Harry Wells Jr. April 25, 1918 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 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 55 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 10, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles A Fenno — Maud M Norton — View this family calculated 1922 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Albert Harold Wells June 3, 1926 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 10, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Census | June 4, 1940 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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 83 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 | October 13, 1946 (Age 84 years) |
| Family with Emma Grace Hendrix |
| himself |
Lew Wallace Norton Birth: July 4, 1862 — Iowa, United States Death: October 13, 1946 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
| wife |
Emma Grace Hendrix Birth: January 20, 1871 29 18 — Iowa, United States Death: October 8, 1949 — Orange, Florida, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1887 — |
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21 months daughter |
Ethel Belle Norton Birth: September 24, 1888 26 17 — Republic, Kansas, United States Death: December 12, 1978 — Kern, California, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Maud M Norton Birth: November 1896 34 25 — Oregon, United States Death: |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Lew Wallace Norton - Household
Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Lew Wallace Norton - Household
Aline St. San Antonio, Los Angeles, California
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Lew Wallace Norton - Household
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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