Elnora WhitneyAge: 88 years1860–1949
- Name
- Elnora Whitney
- Given names
- Elnora
- Surname
- Whitney
- Married name
- Elnora Robinson
 Birth | September 18, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 months)Note: 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 6 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 6 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 8 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | John M Robinson — View this family December 5, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Lelia Dean Robinson February 15, 1899 (Age 38 years) |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 granddaughter #1 | Rosemary L Bunn 1919 (Age 58 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Frederic Dean Rans — Lelia Dean Robinson — View this family December 24, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Dean Junior Rans March 9, 1925 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Donald Eugene Rans June 19, 1929 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 husband | John M Robinson April 28, 1931 (Age 70 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 81 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 85 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 | July 21, 1949 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fulton Cemetery |
| Family with John M Robinson |
| husband |
John M Robinson Birth: August 27, 1855 — Ohio, United States Death: April 28, 1931 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Elnora Whitney Birth: September 18, 1860 — Ohio, United States Death: July 21, 1949 — Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: December 5, 1880 — Delaware, Ohio, United States |
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18 years daughter |
Lelia Dean Robinson Birth: February 15, 1899 43 38 — Fulton, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: June 7, 1991 — Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John M Robinson - Household
Liberty Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States
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