William EkissAge: 79 years1858–1937
- Name
- William Ekiss
- Given names
- William
- Surname
- Ekiss
 Birth | January 22, 1858 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)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 8 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 8 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 10 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 |
 Marriage | Mary E Gamble — View this family December 25, 1878 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 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 son#1 | Lester Ekiss October 11, 1883 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary E Gamble November 12, 1889 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 1, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Lester Ekiss — Eva Lee Rouch — View this family January 9, 1904 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | William Donald Ekiss April 27, 1905 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Curtis R Ekiss May 19, 1909 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Dale Leroy Ekiss November 27, 1911 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 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 58 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 59 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 grandson #4 | Gerald Mark Ekiss August 1, 1921 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Curtis R Ekiss November 18, 1921 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Lester Ekiss — Bernice Cordelia Bennett — View this family about 1932 (Age 73 years) Note: Marriage date/place based upon when their first child, Harry, was born |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Harry Travis Ekiss January 8, 1933 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | April 17, 1937 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: South Macon Township Cemetery |
| Family with Mary E Gamble |
| himself |
William Ekiss Birth: January 22, 1858 — Coles, Illinois, United States Death: April 17, 1937 — Dalton City, Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Mary E Gamble Birth: February 11, 1860 — Montgomery, Illinois, United States Death: November 12, 1889 — Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: December 25, 1878 — Moultrie, Illinois, United States |
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5 years son |
Lester Ekiss Birth: October 11, 1883 25 23 — Walton, Lee, Illinois, United States Death: 1957 — Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Ekiss - Household
Milam, Macon, Illinois, United States
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