Lela May TurleyAge: 87 years1862–1950
- Name
- Lela May Turley
- Given names
- Lela May
- Surname
- Turley
 Birth | August 28, 1862 30 22 |
 Birth of a sister | Jesse Julia Turley May 9, 1864 (Age 20 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Julia Riddle 1873 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alice T Turley March 15, 1875 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a brother | Harold Redd Turley November 12, 1880 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a sister | Alice T Turley January 19, 1890 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Harriett Elizabeth Redd April 5, 1895 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 | April 27, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 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 54 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 55 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/ |
| Death of a father | Talton Barnes Turley May 18, 1925 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 67 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 |
| Death of a sister | Jesse Julia Turley August 26, 1940 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 79 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 87 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 83 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 30, 1950 (Age 87 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Talton Barnes Turley Birth: 1832 30 27 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: May 18, 1925 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Harriett Elizabeth Redd Birth: December 12, 1839 — Missouri, United States Death: April 5, 1895 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: 1861 — |
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20 months herself |
Lela May Turley Birth: August 28, 1862 30 22 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 30, 1950 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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20 months younger sister |
Jesse Julia Turley Birth: May 9, 1864 32 24 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 26, 1940 — Arrow Rock, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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11 years younger sister |
Alice T Turley Birth: March 15, 1875 43 35 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 19, 1890 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Harold Redd Turley Birth: November 12, 1880 48 40 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: October 16, 1961 — Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States |
Lela May Turley has 11 first cousins recorded
Father's family (11)
Parents William D Tyler + Edmonia Margaret Turley
Parents John W Baker + Martha Jane Turley
Parents John Dade Turley + Harriett Williams Pearson
Parents William Christy Turley + Susan M Reid
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Talton Barnes Turley - Household
Cooper, Missouri, United States
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