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John Elijah Everett “Jack” LaveringAge: 85 years19071992

Name
John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering
Given names
John Elijah Everett
Surname
Lavering
Nickname
Jack
Birth March 25, 1907 29 24
Death of a paternal grandfatherCharles D Lavering
October 9, 1915 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Death of a maternal grandmotherMatilda Price
April 9, 1921 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Barney
May 26, 1939 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 fatherEverett Charles Lavering
August 17, 1954 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherMae Frost
March 19, 1969 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 August 26, 1992 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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father
Everett Charles Lavering
Birth: January 29, 1878 28 28Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States
Death: August 17, 1954Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
mother
Mae Frost
Birth: April 17, 1882 61 42Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: March 19, 1969Alameda, California, United States
Marriage: January 22, 1905Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years
himself
John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering
Birth: March 25, 1907 29 24Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: August 26, 1992San Mateo, California, United States

John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering has 15 first cousins recorded