Alma Lillian PalmerAge: 89 years1896–1986
- Name
- Alma Lillian Palmer
- Given names
- Alma Lillian
- Surname
- Palmer
 Birth | August 6, 1896 46 28 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 months)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 father | William C Palmer August 10, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a sister | Myra C Palmer August 20, 1900 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a mother | Acland Durham September 10, 1901 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 13 years) |
| 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Tennessee McGehee December 1, 1918 (Age 22 years) Note: Death Certificate states she died on Dec 1, 1918. Not sure why the tombstone shows a different date. |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
| 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 of a sister | Willie E Palmer December 7, 1977 (Age 81 years) |
 Death | January 31, 1986 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Plumerville Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William C Palmer Birth: August 30, 1849 — Madison, Alabama, United States Death: August 10, 1900 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Acland Durham Birth: February 9, 1868 21 24 — Arkansas, United States Death: September 10, 1901 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 14, 1886 — Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Myra C Palmer Birth: November 27, 1887 38 19 — Arkansas, United States Death: August 20, 1900 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Willie E Palmer Birth: December 1891 42 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: December 7, 1977 — El Dorado, Union, Arkansas, United States |
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5 years herself |
Alma Lillian Palmer Birth: August 6, 1896 46 28 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 31, 1986 — Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States |
Alma Lillian Palmer has 25 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (25)
Parents Milerage Lindsey “JD” Durham + Sadie Hall
Parents Milerage Lindsey “JD” Durham + Ada Ridling
Parents Savannah Commodore “SC” Durham + Nellie A Rainwater
Parents William Fletcher Keith + Lenora Alice Durham
Parents John Lester Tillett + Myrtle Durham
Parents Arthur Daniel Poteete + Vera Durham
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Tennessee Durham (nee McGehee) - Household
Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States
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