The Shemwell Family

Virginia Hygiea Rucker1880

Name
Virginia Hygiea Rucker
Given names
Virginia Hygiea
Surname
Rucker
Birth June 1880 36 32
Birth of a brotherDavid Oliver Rucker Jr.
September 15, 1882 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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 fatherDavid Oliver Rucker
about 1900 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Jane Alsup
December 31, 1903 (Age 23 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sisterLucy O Rucker
January 27, 1914 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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 61 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 brotherDavid Oliver Rucker Jr.
March 1, 1946 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 69 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 65 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
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father
mother
Elizabeth Jane Alsup
Birth: May 16, 1848Wilson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 31, 1903Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:
elder sister
Lucy O Rucker
Birth: February 23, 1878 34 29Tennessee, United States
Death: January 27, 1914Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
herself
2 years
younger brother
David Oliver Rucker Jr.
Birth: September 15, 1882 38 34Wilson, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 1, 1946Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lucy O Rucker - Household

6117 Centennial Avenue Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Rucker, Lucy OheadFW32STNTNTN
Rucker, Virginia Hyounger sisterFW29STNTNTNLaborer`Factory
Rucker, Nellie MnieceFW3STNTNTN