Frederick Richard MayAge: 82 years1865–1948
- Name
- Frederick Richard May
- Given names
- Frederick Richard
- Surname
- May
 Birth | December 31, 1865 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 12 months)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 12 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 3 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 12 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Alice Lee Gibson — View this family January 30, 1896 (Age 30 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Roberta Lee May January 18, 1897 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 32 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | Raymond Gibson May August 17, 1902 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Elizabeth Jane “Betty” May June 22, 1904 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 50 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 51 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 52 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 63 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 75 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 80 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 | July 31, 1948 (Age 82 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Family with Alice Lee Gibson |
| himself |
Frederick Richard May Birth: December 31, 1865 — Germany Death: July 31, 1948 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| wife |
Alice Lee Gibson Birth: November 17, 1870 26 38 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1964 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: January 30, 1896 — Cripple Creek, Fremont, Colorado, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Roberta Lee May Birth: January 18, 1897 31 26 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: June 5, 1978 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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6 years son |
Raymond Gibson May Birth: August 17, 1902 36 31 — Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado, United States Death: June 29, 1987 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
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22 months daughter |
Elizabeth Jane “Betty” May Birth: June 22, 1904 38 33 — Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado, United States Death: November 13, 1949 — Los Angeles, California, United States |