Alva Nile VanStavernAge: 74 years1911–1986
- Name
- Alva Nile VanStavern
- Given names
- Alva Nile
- Surname
- VanStavern
 Birth | October 11, 1911 21 19 |
 Birth of a brother | Wallace Owen VanStavern March 31, 1913 (Age 17 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 | Estel Clayton VanStavern November 16, 1920 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Samuel French March 9, 1926 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 13, 1930 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lawrence Donald VanStavern December 30, 1931 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Verlinda Shamel March 2, 1934 (Age 22 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
 Marriage | Marie Josephine Meyers — View this family November 21, 1936 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 father | Orr VanStavern August 3, 1947 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 mother | Dora Dell French September 1, 1955 (Age 43 years) Cause: Carcinoma of colon |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 | March 5, 1986 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crestview Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Orr VanStavern Birth: December 28, 1889 — Missouri, United States Death: August 3, 1947 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Dora Dell French Birth: October 9, 1892 45 35 — Whatcom, Washington, United States Death: September 1, 1955 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 23, 1910 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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1 year himself |
Alva Nile VanStavern Birth: October 11, 1911 21 19 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 5, 1986 — Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Wallace Owen VanStavern Birth: March 31, 1913 23 20 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: April 12, 1993 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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8 years younger brother |
Estel Clayton VanStavern Birth: November 16, 1920 30 28 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: December 17, 2003 — Manassas, Manassas, Virginia, United States |
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11 years younger brother |
Lawrence Donald VanStavern Birth: December 30, 1931 42 39 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: February 10, 1995 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Marie Josephine Meyers |
| himself |
Alva Nile VanStavern Birth: October 11, 1911 21 19 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 5, 1986 — Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States |
| wife |
Marie Josephine Meyers Birth: May 11, 1906 — Illinois, United States Death: January 24, 1994 — Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1936 — St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Alva Nile VanStavern has 19 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (19)
Parents William Harvey Gourley Jr + Lula Leota French
Parents William Thomas Stewart + Lula Leota French
Parents Abijah Lee “Bige” French + Margaret Eliza Cook
Parents Roy Thomas French + Ada Mae Porter
Parents Robert Allen French + Sylvia Leona Benton
Parents William Samuel French + Gertrude W VanRootselaar
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Orr VanStavern - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Alva Nile Vanstavern - Household
6501 Crest Ave University City, St Louis, Missouri
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