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Elmer Albert AllenAge: 66 years18961962

Name
Elmer Albert Allen
Given names
Elmer Albert
Surname
Allen
Birth January 22, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 19 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 20 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 21 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/
MarriageRhoda Kathryn RichardsonView this family
April 14, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Elmerine Virginia “Jenny” Allen
April 19, 1921 (Age 25 years)
MarriageFrona V SherrellView this family
November 8, 1924 (Age 28 years)
Death of a wifeRhoda Kathryn Richardson
about 1924 (Age 27 years)

Note: Presumed death prior to Nov. 1924 - Rhoda disappears before the 1930 census. Elmer remarries 11-8-1924. Their daughter is with him and new wife in 1930. -b
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 11, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 49 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 December 24, 1962 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hills Memorial Park
Family with Rhoda Kathryn Richardson - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: April 14, 1920McClain, Oklahoma, United States
1 year
daughter
Elmerine Virginia “Jenny” Allen
Birth: April 19, 1921 25 34Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 1, 1994Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
Family with Frona V Sherrell - View this family
himself
wife
Frona V Sherrell
Birth: May 20, 1898Arkansas, United States
Death: April 18, 1984Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: November 8, 1924Hughes, Latimer, Oklahoma, United States
Robert Harold Musgrave + Rhoda Kathryn Richardson - View this family
wife’s husband
Robert Harold Musgrave
Birth: August 22, 1884Cooke, Texas, United States
Death: October 15, 1918Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1910
16 months
step-son
Harold Alton Musgrave
Birth: May 13, 1911 26 24Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 30, 1989Seal Beach, Orange, California, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Elmer Albert Allen - Household

1023 Georgetown Ave Muskogee, Muskogee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Allen, Elmer AheadMW34M19MOMOMOForemanTelephone Construction
Allen, Frona VwifeFW32M26ARTNTN
Allen, ElmerinedaughterFW8SOKMOMO