 Birth | April 9, 1917 22 20 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 8 months)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 7, 1920 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Winona Marcel Troutman December 22, 1921 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Arlis Lloyd Troutman November 30, 1923 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 12 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 2, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Ezra Troutman September 23, 1931 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Merlin Glen Troutman September 16, 1936 (Age 19 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1940 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Edgar Gardner May 11, 1943 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Donald Duane Troutman October 30, 1943 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Jana Sue Troutman April 12, 1946 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sarah Elizabeth Sheets December 28, 1948 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1950 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 32 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 maternal grandmother | Addie May Childers 1953 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | Harry E Troutman January 1965 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a mother | Edris Ruth Gardner July 15, 1968 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 28 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 brother | Arlis Lloyd Troutman January 5, 1980 (Age 62 years) |
 Death | July 8, 1985 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sumner Memorial Gardens Note: "Parents of Merlin, Donald, Jana & Richard" |