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Richard Gorrell1896

Name
Richard Gorrell
Given names
Richard
Surname
Gorrell
Also known as
Dick
Birth December 1896 30 25
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 months)
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 paternal grandfatherWilliam Taylor Gorrell
May 25, 1899 (Age 2 years)
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterLida Mae Gorrell
June 17, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Inez Gorrell
December 16, 1902 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Emma Gorrell
December 23, 1904 (Age 8 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherInez Albertine Glasscock
June 5, 1921 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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
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
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
Deathunknown

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mother
Marriage: 1891Texas, United States
14 months
elder brother
Phillip Raymond Gorrell
Birth: February 1892 25 20Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
2 years
himself
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Adela Amos Gorrell - Household

Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Gorrell, Adela headWMJun186633M8MOKYMOBlacksmith railroad
Gorrell, ElizawifeWFJul187128M833MOILIL
Gorrell, RaymondsonWMFeb18928SMOMOMO
Gorrell, EdithdaughterWFDec18945SMOMOMO
Gorrell, RichardsonWMDec18963STXMOMO