Gussie Frances SelbyAge: 80 years1901–1982
- Name
- Gussie Frances Selby
- Given names
- Gussie Frances
- Surname
- Selby
 Birth | November 27, 1901 47 33 |
 Birth of a sister | Dimple Ethel Selby March 27, 1905 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Sarah J Selby December 8, 1910 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a sister | Amanda Selby after 1910 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 father | Benjamin Franklin Selby March 17, 1919 (Age 17 years) |
| Census | January 7, 1920 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | William Lee Selby January 18, 1925 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 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 of a mother | Sarah “Sallie” Fisk April 16, 1940 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 |
| Death of a half-sister | Mary Angela Selby 1950 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 brother | Fred Stanley Selby September 24, 1962 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 sister | Polly Selby December 21, 1979 (Age 78 years) |
 Death | February 4, 1982 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Franklin Selby Birth: May 21, 1854 32 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1919 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Sarah “Sallie” Fisk Birth: September 17, 1868 — White, Tennessee, United States Death: April 16, 1940 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: June 13, 1891 — White, Tennessee, United States |
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11 months elder brother |
Fred Stanley Selby Birth: May 24, 1892 38 23 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 24, 1962 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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6 years elder sister |
Polly Selby Birth: December 16, 1897 43 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 21, 1979 — Smithville, Dekalb, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months elder sister |
Amanda Selby Birth: October 1899 45 31 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: after 1910 |
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2 years herself |
Gussie Frances Selby Birth: November 27, 1901 47 33 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: February 4, 1982 — Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Dimple Ethel Selby Birth: March 27, 1905 50 36 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: |
| Father’s family with Elizabeth Ann Sherrill |
| father |
Benjamin Franklin Selby Birth: May 21, 1854 32 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 17, 1919 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
| step-mother |
Elizabeth Ann Sherrill Birth: about 1857 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1891 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about 1870 — |
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2 years half-sister |
Mary Angela Selby Birth: February 1872 17 15 — Tennessee, United States Death: 1950 — Hardee, Florida, United States |
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23 months half-brother |
Jesse F Selby Birth: about 1873 18 16 — Tennessee, United States Death: May 17, 1900 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years half-sister |
Sarah J Selby Birth: March 27, 1875 20 18 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States Death: December 8, 1910 — Sparta, White, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years half-brother |
Sein C Selby Birth: about 1878 23 21 — Putnam, Tennessee, United States Death: |
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5 years half-brother |
William Lee Selby Birth: December 8, 1882 28 25 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 18, 1925 — White, Tennessee, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Selby - Household
Sparta, White, Tennessee
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Sarah “Sallie” Fisk - Household
Perrigo Shuttle Mill Yard Sparta, White, Tennessee
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