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Martha Celia BilbreyAge: 87 years19242012

Name
Martha Celia Bilbrey
Given names
Martha Celia
Surname
Bilbrey
Married name
Martha Celia Selby
Birth October 25, 1924
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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
MarriageBub Wilson SelbyView this family
January 3, 1943 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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
Census April 11, 1950 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 25 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 husbandBub Wilson Selby
August 8, 1958 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 February 29, 2012 (Age 87 years)
Family with Bub Wilson Selby - View this family
husband
Bub Wilson Selby
Birth: October 3, 1908 28 26Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 8, 1958Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Martha Celia Bilbrey
Birth: October 25, 1924Overton, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 29, 2012Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: January 3, 1943Tennessee, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Bub Wilson Selby - Household

228 Braun Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Selby, Bub WilsonheadMW40MarTNHelperFarmers Coop
Selby, CeliawifeFW26MarTN