Ella Virginia SandyAge: 63 years1868–1931
- Name
- Ella Virginia Sandy
- Given names
- Ella Virginia
- Surname
- Sandy
- Married name
- Ella Virginia Nielsen
 Birth | July 1868 24 16 |
 Birth of a brother | Martin Luther Sandy November 1869 (Age 16 months) |
 Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 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 |
| Death of a mother | Susan Rebecca Keller June 30, 1871 (Age 2 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | William Jackson Sandy — Frances Virginia Crum — View this family August 13, 1872 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | John Calvin Sandy April 28, 1873 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Susannah Rawley December 13, 1873 (Age 5 years) Cause: Typhoid Pneumonia |
| Birth of a half-sister | Anna A “Annie” Sandy February 28, 1875 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | William A Sandy August 8, 1877 (Age 9 years) |
| 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 |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary E Sandy May 26, 1879 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Samuel Edward Sandy September 18, 1881 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | William A Sandy November 12, 1881 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Wilda F Sandy December 13, 1884 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Jacob Harvey Sandy September 12, 1886 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Mary E Sandy August 12, 1894 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William E Sandy April 13, 1898 (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 |
| Death of a brother | Martin Luther Sandy April 18, 1908 (Age 39 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 |
| Death of a father | William Jackson Sandy July 16, 1918 (Age 50 years) Cause: Some obscure abdominal trouble do not know just what |
| 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/ |
| 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 |
 Death | July 20, 1931 (Age 63 years) |
 Burial | |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Jackson Sandy Birth: November 28, 1843 31 24 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: July 16, 1918 — Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, United States |
| mother |
Susan Rebecca Keller Birth: October 24, 1851 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: June 30, 1871 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: October 12, 1867 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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10 months herself |
Ella Virginia Sandy Birth: July 1868 24 16 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: July 20, 1931 — Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
Martin Luther Sandy Birth: November 1869 25 18 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: April 18, 1908 — Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, United States |
| Father’s family with Frances Virginia Crum |
| father |
William Jackson Sandy Birth: November 28, 1843 31 24 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: July 16, 1918 — Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, United States |
| step-mother |
Frances Virginia Crum Birth: June 6, 1846 — Augusta, Virginia, United States Death: December 9, 1915 — Pastures, Augusta, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: August 13, 1872 — Augusta, Virginia, United States |
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8 months half-brother |
John Calvin Sandy Birth: April 28, 1873 29 26 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: January 1, 1948 — Augusta, Virginia, United States |
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22 months half-sister |
Anna A “Annie” Sandy Birth: February 28, 1875 31 28 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: December 26, 1964 — Augusta, Virginia, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
William A Sandy Birth: August 8, 1877 33 31 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: November 12, 1881 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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22 months half-sister |
Mary E Sandy Birth: May 26, 1879 35 32 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: August 12, 1894 — Richmond, Virginia, United States |
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2 years half-brother |
Samuel Edward Sandy Birth: September 18, 1881 37 35 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: April 2, 1964 — Augusta, Virginia, United States |
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3 years half-sister |
Wilda F Sandy Birth: December 13, 1884 41 38 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: January 21, 1947 — Augusta, Virginia, United States |
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21 months half-brother |
Jacob Harvey Sandy Birth: September 12, 1886 42 40 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: December 21, 1985 — Augusta, Virginia, United States |