Robert Marion KeithAge: 85 years1894–1980
- Name
- Robert Marion Keith
- Given names
- Robert Marion
- Surname
- Keith
 Birth | August 28, 1894 22 20 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | William L Durham July 29, 1896 (Age 23 months) Note: Document names Tennessee Durham (nee McGehee) as William's beneficiary. |
 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 |
 Census | June 28, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a father | William Fletcher Keith January 13, 1902 (Age 7 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 |
| 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Tennessee McGehee December 1, 1918 (Age 24 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 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 |
| Marriage of a parent | Henry Nichols — Lenora Alice Durham — View this family between 1930 and 1940 (Age 35 years) Note: In the 1930 Census (April 18), Lenora is listed as Alice Keith living with her son Robert. In the 1940 Census (April 2), she is listed as Alice Nichols, Widow, living with her son Robert. Therefore, she must have married Harry Nichols between 1930 and 1940. |
| Census | April 18, 1930 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | April 2, 1940 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lenora Alice Durham November 11, 1940 (Age 46 years) Associate: Henry Nichols
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| 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 |
| 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 | March 27, 1980 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakland Memorial Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Fletcher Keith Birth: May 22, 1872 — Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States Death: January 13, 1902 — Oklahoma, United States |
| mother |
Lenora Alice Durham Birth: February 6, 1874 27 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 11, 1940 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: November 16, 1893 — Conway, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months himself |
Robert Marion Keith Birth: August 28, 1894 22 20 — Arkansas, United States Death: March 27, 1980 — Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States |
| Mother’s family with Henry Nichols |
| step-father |
Henry Nichols Death: before 1940 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Lenora Alice Durham Birth: February 6, 1874 27 30 — Arkansas, United States Death: November 11, 1940 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: between 1930 and 1940 — Arkansas, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Fletcher Keith - Household
Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Marion Keith - Household
ED 19 Prairie, Johnson, Arkansas, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Robert Marion Keith - Household
Prairie, Johnson, Arkansas, United States
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