William Fletcher DiveleyAge: 81 years1868–1949
- Name
- William Fletcher Diveley
- Given names
- William Fletcher
- Surname
- Diveley
 Birth | July 3, 1868 |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 5 months)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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 9 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Martha Hizer — View this family September 21, 1894 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Florence Hazel Diveley September 23, 1897 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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 8, 1900 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Lawrence Rouch — Florence Hazel Diveley — View this family February 25, 1920 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Cyril E Rouch 1921 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Frances Eloise Rouch November 4, 1923 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Cyril E Rouch April 16, 1924 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | George Richard “Bud” Rouch November 27, 1925 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Evelyn Janet Rouch December 16, 1927 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 61 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Joan Elizabeth Rouch September 28, 1938 (Age 70 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Joan Elizabeth Rouch September 28, 1938 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 77 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 | August 22, 1949 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grass Creek Cemetery |
| Family with Martha Hizer |
| himself |
William Fletcher Diveley Birth: July 3, 1868 — Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States Death: August 22, 1949 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Martha Hizer Birth: August 27, 1874 — Wayne Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 5, 1965 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: September 21, 1894 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Florence Hazel Diveley Birth: September 23, 1897 29 23 — Grass Creek, Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: February 15, 1978 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Fletcher Diveley - Household
Wayne Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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