Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” PonderAge: 85 years1855–1941
- Name
- Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder
- Given names
- Nancy Saphronia
- Surname
- Ponder
- Married name
- Nancy Saphronia Minton
- Nickname
- Nannie
- Married name
- Nancy Saphronia Flansburg
 Birth | October 12, 1855 32 27 |
 Death of a mother | Mary Jane Kittrell April 3, 1856 (Age 5 months) |
| Death of a brother | Russell Burkenbis Ponder February 25, 1858 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 14 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Lemuel Carter Kittrell April 10, 1865 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 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 11 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 11 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 13 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 | William Thomas Minton — View this family September 6, 1877 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary A Minton August 1878 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 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 daughter #2 | Nellie Ponder Minton October 1880 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Thomas Minton February 17, 1881 (Age 25 years) |
| Marriage | William N Flansburg — View this family about 1890 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Ethel Flansburg July 8, 1891 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 42 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 |
| Death of a husband | William N Flansburg about 1899 (Age 43 years) |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | Willis Miles Ponder April 9, 1904 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Albert W Hughes — Nellie Ponder Minton — View this family August 3, 1904 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Margaret Clair Hughes July 29, 1905 (Age 49 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 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 61 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 62 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/ |
| Census | January 3, 1920 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Forest Keys — Ethel Flansburg — View this family October 19, 1927 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 73 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 12, 1930 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | April 23, 1941 (Age 85 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tacoma Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Willis Miles Ponder Birth: October 12, 1823 — Bon Aqua, Hickman, Tennessee, United States Death: April 9, 1904 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Mary Jane Kittrell Birth: 1828 22 20 — Missouri, United States Death: April 3, 1856 — Arkansas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1848 — Missouri, United States |
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21 months elder brother |
Russell Burkenbis Ponder Birth: October 10, 1849 25 21 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States Death: February 25, 1858 — Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States |
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6 years herself |
Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder Birth: October 12, 1855 32 27 — Missouri, United States Death: April 23, 1941 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
| Family with William Thomas Minton |
| husband |
William Thomas Minton Birth: March 23, 1855 — Missouri, United States Death: February 17, 1881 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder Birth: October 12, 1855 32 27 — Missouri, United States Death: April 23, 1941 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
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Marriage: September 6, 1877 — Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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1 year daughter |
Mary A Minton Birth: August 1878 23 22 — Arkansas, United States Death: October 30, 1941 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Nellie Ponder Minton Birth: October 1880 25 24 — Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: February 9, 1943 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
| Family with William N Flansburg |
| husband |
William N Flansburg Birth: New York, United States Death: about 1899 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
| herself |
Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder Birth: October 12, 1855 32 27 — Missouri, United States Death: April 23, 1941 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
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Marriage: about 1890 — |
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18 months daughter |
Ethel Flansburg Birth: July 8, 1891 35 — Puyallup, Pierce, Washington, United States Death: June 16, 1979 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder - Household
305 27th Street Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Saphronia “Nannie” Ponder - Household
1303 S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Nellie Ponder Minton - Household
S. 40th Street Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Nellie Ponder Minton - Household
1303 S. 40th Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
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