Leo Franklin RichardsAge: 75 years1915–1990
- Name
- Leo Franklin Richards
- Given names
- Leo Franklin
- Surname
- Richards
 Birth | September 20, 1915 21 19 |
 Marriage | Helen Winifred Beck — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a father | Jessie Lawrence Richards January 3, 1918 (Age 2 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 months)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 2 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 14 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 |
| Birth of a son #1 | Leo Franklin Richards Jr November 20, 1934 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Franklin Green Meredith March 26, 1938 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Leo Franklin Richards Jr — Darlene Ann Jay — View this family August 10, 1974 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 of a mother | Mildred M “Millie” Meredith December 1980 (Age 65 years) |
 Death | December 28, 1990 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Jessie Lawrence Richards Birth: September 4, 1894 — Annapolis, Crawford, Illinois, United States Death: January 3, 1918 — Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Mildred M “Millie” Meredith Birth: March 7, 1896 34 21 — Marion, Illinois, United States Death: December 1980 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
Leo Franklin Richards Birth: September 20, 1915 21 19 — Sangamon, Illinois, United States Death: December 28, 1990 — Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States |
| Family with Helen Winifred Beck |
| himself |
Leo Franklin Richards Birth: September 20, 1915 21 19 — Sangamon, Illinois, United States Death: December 28, 1990 — Barstow, San Bernardino, California, United States |
| wife |
Helen Winifred Beck Birth: August 10, 1917 23 23 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States Death: June 30, 2003 — Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Leo Franklin Richards Jr Birth: November 20, 1934 19 17 — Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States Death: August 2, 2006 — Brookings, Curry, Oregon, United States |