Vera Jane RobertsAge: 95 years1896–1991
- Name
- Vera Jane Roberts
- Given names
- Vera Jane
- Surname
- Roberts
- Married name
- Vera Jane Nix
 Birth | March 1896 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 |
 Marriage | Valentine Silas Nix — View this family June 26, 1915 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 daughter#1 | Dorothy June Nix June 19, 1925 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 33 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 1930 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 |
| Death of a husband | Valentine Silas Nix October 25, 1975 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 of a daughter | Dorothy June Nix December 30, 1986 (Age 90 years) |
 Death | October 1, 1991 (Age 95 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Harristown Cemetery |
| Family with Valentine Silas Nix |
| husband |
Valentine Silas Nix Birth: February 29, 1892 — Jasper, Illinois, United States Death: October 25, 1975 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Vera Jane Roberts Birth: March 1896 — Pixley, Clay, Illinois, United States Death: October 1, 1991 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: June 26, 1915 — Clay, Illinois, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Dorothy June Nix Birth: June 19, 1925 33 29 — Illinois, United States Death: December 30, 1986 — Illinois, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Valentine Silas Nix - Household
Willow Branch, Piatt, Illinois, United States
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