Josephine “Josie” FieldsAge: 66 years1885–1951
- Name
- Josephine “Josie” Fields
- Given names
- Josephine
- Surname
- Fields
- Married name
- Josephine Selby
- Nickname
- Josie
 Birth | February 17, 1885 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 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 |
 Marriage | Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby — View this family May 15, 1910 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 30 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 | Dorothy Merle Selby December 3, 1917 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 31 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 32 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/ |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Selby about 1920 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a husband | Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby March 1, 1929 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 44 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 5, 1930 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Tesca Roger Roy III September 19, 1936 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Nicholas Selby Roy January 23, 1941 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 64 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 60 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 29, 1951 (Age 66 years) |
| Family with Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby |
| husband |
Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby Birth: November 30, 1884 33 23 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 1, 1929 — Colfax, Grant, Louisiana, United States |
| herself |
Josephine “Josie” Fields Birth: February 17, 1885 — Lantana, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: March 29, 1951 — Mansura, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States |
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Marriage: May 15, 1910 — Cumberland, Tennessee, United States |
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8 years daughter |
Dorothy Merle Selby Birth: December 3, 1917 33 32 — Crandall, Clark, Mississippi, United States Death: August 25, 1990 — Mansura, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States |
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3 years son |
William Selby Birth: about 1920 35 34 — Mansura, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States Death: |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Josephine “Josie” Fields - Household
Lecompte, Rapides, Louisiana
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