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Elbert Clay FrostAge: 72 years18941967

Name
Elbert Clay Frost
Given names
Elbert Clay
Surname
Frost
Birth May 4, 1894 23 28
Birth of a brotherWalter Eugene Frost
March 31, 1896 (Age 22 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
Death of a motherMary Ethel Claycomb
June 21, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Marriage of a parentPaul Emil FrostMary Jane BlunkView this family
September 18, 1906 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWhite Frost
January 22, 1908 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a parentPaul Emil FrostDella Elva HoffmanView this family
April 11, 1917 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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 35 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 fatherPaul Emil Frost
June 9, 1945 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 brotherWalter Eugene Frost
May 4, 1950 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 51 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 25, 1967 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Los Angeles National Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Mary Ethel Claycomb
Birth: March 1866Kentucky, United States
Death: June 21, 1900Irvington, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 27, 1891Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States
2 years
himself
Elbert Clay Frost
Birth: May 4, 1894 23 28Irvington, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 25, 1967Los Angeles, California, United States
23 months
younger brother
Walter Eugene Frost
Birth: March 31, 1896 25 30Irvington, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 4, 1950Ohio, United States
Father’s family with Mary Jane Blunk - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Jane Blunk
Birth: March 20, 1868Kentucky, United States
Death: March 30, 1946Pekin, Washington, Indiana, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1906Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Della Elva Hoffman - View this family
father
step-mother
Della Elva Hoffman
Birth: July 8, 1884New Haven, Mason, West Virginia, United States
Death: April 9, 1959Adams, Ohio, United States
Marriage: April 11, 1917Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States
Family with Margaret Elizabeth Jacquemin - View this family
himself
Elbert Clay Frost
Birth: May 4, 1894 23 28Irvington, Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 25, 1967Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Margaret Elizabeth Jacquemin
Birth: February 19, 1893Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 3, 1988Washington, Oregon, United States
daughter
Private

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