Velna ReidAge: 73 years1898–1971
- Name
- Velna Reid
- Given names
- Velna
- Surname
- Reid
- Married name
- Velna Loftin
 Birth | 1898 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898Note: 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 18 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Iris Loftin October 13, 1918 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 19 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 20 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 12, 1920 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 31 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 23, 1930 (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Haydie Edmondson Lane — Iris Loftin — View this family Type: Religious marriage September 28, 1940 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 52 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 husband | Robert Grover Loftin March 21, 1959 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 | January 5, 1971 (Age 73 years) |
| Family with Robert Grover Loftin |
| husband |
Robert Grover Loftin Birth: November 2, 1889 39 39 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 21, 1959 — San Francisco, California, United States |
| herself |
Velna Reid Birth: 1898 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 5, 1971 — Mountain View, Santa Clara, California, United States |
| daughter |
Iris Loftin Birth: October 13, 1918 28 20 — North Carolina, United States Death: June 12, 1980 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
| daughter |
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No family available
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Grover Loftin - Household
Rock Hill, York, South Carolina, United States
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