Wayne Dwight FrenchAge: 79 years1913–1993
- Name
- Wayne Dwight French
- Given names
- Wayne Dwight
- Surname
- French
 Birth | October 24, 1913 30 31 |
 Birth of a sister | Lillian Louise French May 18, 1916 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/ |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Warren French March 22, 1919 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | January 6, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Samuel French March 9, 1926 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 15, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Verlinda Shamel March 2, 1934 (Age 20 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
 Marriage | Mary Elizabeth Painton — View this family August 10, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 father | Abijah Lee “Bige” French October 27, 1960 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Eliza Cook October 22, 1963 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Warren French August 9, 1967 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 sister | Lillian Louise French July 14, 1979 (Age 65 years) |
 Death | July 16, 1993 (Age 79 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Abijah Lee “Bige” French Birth: November 27, 1882 35 25 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: October 27, 1960 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Eliza Cook Birth: March 10, 1882 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: October 22, 1963 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 2, 1910 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
Wayne Dwight French Birth: October 24, 1913 30 31 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: July 16, 1993 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Lillian Louise French Birth: May 18, 1916 33 34 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: July 14, 1979 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Warren French Birth: March 22, 1919 36 37 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: August 9, 1967 — Mt. Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth Painton |
| himself |
Wayne Dwight French Birth: October 24, 1913 30 31 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: July 16, 1993 — Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Painton Birth: August 6, 1917 — Malden, Dunklin, Missouri, United States Death: July 18, 2000 |
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Marriage: August 10, 1940 — Painton, Stoddard, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Abijah Lee “Bige” French - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Abijah Lee “Bige” French - Household
Competition & Lebanon Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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