Frank PurserAge: 85 years1856–1942
- Name
- Frank Purser
- Given names
- Frank
- Surname
- Purser
 Birth | May 1, 1856 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)Note: 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 10 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 10 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 12 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 |
 Marriage | Eliza Goodyear — View this family March 4, 1878 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Kate Eleanor “Nellie” Purser December 28, 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Anthony Wayne “Jack” Frost — Kate Eleanor “Nellie” Purser — View this family February 14, 1906 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Wayne Purser Frost October 1, 1908 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 59 years)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 wife | Eliza Goodyear February 6, 1918 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 60 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 61 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 73 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 85 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 | March 5, 1942 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | March 9, 1942 (4 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery |
| Family with Eliza Goodyear |
| himself |
Frank Purser Birth: May 1, 1856 — Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Death: March 5, 1942 — Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
| wife |
Eliza Goodyear Birth: November 3, 1846 — Ryton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom Death: February 6, 1918 — Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
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Marriage: March 4, 1878 — Lillington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom |
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3 years daughter |
Kate Eleanor “Nellie” Purser Birth: December 28, 1880 24 34 — Devonshire, England, United Kingdom Death: October 6, 1973 — Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States |