John Arthur BlakelyAge: 94 years1865–1960
- Name
- John Arthur Blakely
- Given names
- John Arthur
- Surname
- Blakely
 Birth | June 24, 1865 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 18 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 18 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 |
| 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 |
| 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/ |
 Marriage | Rosena C Martin — View this family October 6, 1924 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 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 76 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 wife | Rosena C Martin November 26, 1945 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 84 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 |
| 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 | February 19, 1960 (Age 94 years) |
| Family with Rosena C Martin |
| himself |
John Arthur Blakely Birth: June 24, 1865 — England Death: February 19, 1960 — San Diego, California, United States |
| wife |
Rosena C Martin Birth: January 31, 1861 — Miller, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1945 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: October 6, 1924 — Orange, California, United States |
| General Price Frost + Rosena C Martin |
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General Price Frost Birth: June 19, 1864 28 20 — Benton, Arkansas, United States Death: August 16, 1917 — Blanchard, McClain, Oklahoma, United States |
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Rosena C Martin Birth: January 31, 1861 — Miller, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1945 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: July 4, 1890 — Weiser, Washington, Idaho, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Cora Elizabeth Frost Birth: January 29, 1893 28 31 — Canyon, Idaho, United States Death: March 4, 1986 — Arcadia, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| … Sidwell + Rosena C Martin |
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Rosena C Martin Birth: January 31, 1861 — Miller, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1945 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: before 1880 — |
| James J Pennington + Rosena C Martin |
| wife’s husband |
James J Pennington Birth: August 12, 1861 — Miller, Missouri, United States Death: May 16, 1916 — Havana, Mason, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Rosena C Martin Birth: January 31, 1861 — Miller, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1945 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: April 23, 1882 — Miller, Missouri, United States |
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11 months step-daughter |
Hesetline “Tinney” Pennington Birth: April 1, 1883 21 22 — Miller, Missouri, United States Death: November 27, 1905 — Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States |
| Thomas McEwen + Rosena C Martin |
| wife’s husband |
Thomas McEwen Birth: May 10, 1853 — Scotland Death: September 1903 — Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States |
| wife |
Rosena C Martin Birth: January 31, 1861 — Miller, Missouri, United States Death: November 26, 1945 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: September 5, 1889 — Baker, Oregon, United States |