Wanda Caroline JenkinsAge: 92 years1913–2005
- Name
- Wanda Caroline Jenkins
- Given names
- Wanda Caroline
- Surname
- Jenkins
- Married name
- Wanda Caroline McAdams
 Birth | March 11, 1913 43 39 |
 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 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Pvt Jeremiah “Jerry” Gibson March 20, 1917 (Age 4 years) |
| 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/ |
| Death of a mother | Hattie Gibson September 11, 1927 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas Arthur Jenkins November 16, 1927 (Age 14 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 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 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 half-brother | Steven Woods Jenkins October 23, 1968 (Age 55 years) |
| Burial of a half-brother | Steven Woods Jenkins October 24, 1968 (Age 55 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Death of a half-brother | Raymond Gibson Jenkins Sr. April 20, 1975 (Age 62 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 | Hattie Elizabeth Jenkins November 24, 1978 (Age 65 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rose Marie Jenkins May 2, 2002 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | July 30, 2005 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McAdams Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Arthur Jenkins Birth: October 4, 1869 — Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States Death: November 16, 1927 — Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Hattie Gibson Birth: October 23, 1873 29 41 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 11, 1927 — Winnie, Chambers, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1906 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Hattie Elizabeth Jenkins Birth: about 1908 38 34 — Texas, United States Death: November 24, 1978 — Wisconsin, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Rose Marie Jenkins Birth: September 2, 1910 40 36 — Winnie, Chambers, Texas, United States Death: May 2, 2002 — Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States |
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3 years herself |
Wanda Caroline Jenkins Birth: March 11, 1913 43 39 — Stowell, Chambers, Texas, United States Death: July 30, 2005 — Winnie, Chambers, Texas, United States |
| Mother’s family with Sanford Johnson Ingram |
| step-father |
Sanford Johnson Ingram Birth: February 19, 1869 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 6, 1923 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Hattie Gibson Birth: October 23, 1873 29 41 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: September 11, 1927 — Winnie, Chambers, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: February 25, 1894 — Roane, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months half-brother |
Steven Woods Jenkins Birth: January 22, 1896 26 22 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: October 23, 1968 — Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States |
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4 years half-brother |
Raymond Gibson Jenkins Sr. Birth: August 20, 1899 30 25 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: April 20, 1975 — Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States |
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5 months half-sister |
Alice Lee Ingram Birth: January 7, 1900 30 26 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: August 27, 1901 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States |