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Lillian M SmithAge: 93 years19102004

Name
Lillian M Smith
Given names
Lillian M
Surname
Smith
Married name
Lillian M King
Birth December 19, 1910 26 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Census January 19, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Census April 5, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Census April 22, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherArthur Joseph Smith
October 30, 1951 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 motherNannie Ellen McCracken
May 18, 1963 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 husbandJames Murel King
August 12, 1981 (Age 70 years)
Death October 4, 2004 (Age 93 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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father
Arthur Joseph Smith
Birth: December 14, 1884Carrel, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 30, 1951Galena, Stone, Missouri, United States
mother
Nannie Ellen McCracken
Birth: April 8, 1890Green, Missouri, United States
Death: May 18, 1963Green, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 24, 1908Stone, Missouri, United States
2 years
herself
Lillian M Smith
Birth: December 19, 1910 26 20Galena, Missouri, United States
Death: October 4, 2004
Family with James Murel King - View this family
husband
James Murel King
Birth: August 12, 1908 35 27Missouri, United States
Death: August 12, 1981Ventura, California, United States
herself
Lillian M Smith
Birth: December 19, 1910 26 20Galena, Missouri, United States
Death: October 4, 2004
son
Private
daughter
Private

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Joseph Smith - Household

Washington, Stone, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, Joseph AheadOMMW35MYesYesARMOMOYesLaborerFarmOA
Smith, Nana EwifeFW29MYesYesMOARMOYesNone
Smith, Roy EsonMW10SYesYesYesMOARMOYesNone
Smith, Lillian MdaughterFW9SYesMOARMONone
Smith, John HsonMW6SYesMOARMONone
Smith, ChristiedaughterFW3 years 11 monthsSMOARMONone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Joseph Smith - Household

James, Stone, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Smith, joseph AheadNYesMW45M24NoYesMOARMOYesFarmerGen FarmOYes
Smith, Nannie EwifeFW39M18NoYesMOTNMOYesNone
Smith, Roy EsonMW21SNoYesMOMOMOYesLaborerGen FarmNPYes
Smith, Lillian NdaughterFW18DNoYesMOARMOYesNone
Smith, John HsonMW17SNoYesMOMOMOYesLaborerGen FarmNPYes
Smith, Crystal LdaughterFW14SYesYesMOMOMOYesNone