John Webster EldinAge: 59 years1883–1942
- Name
- John Webster Eldin
- Given names
- John Webster
- Surname
- Eldin
 Birth | February 18, 1883 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 | Violet May Deatrick — View this family February 9, 1910 (Age 26 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Alma Virginia Eldin December 1, 1910 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/ |
 Census | January 16, 1920 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a wife | Violet May Deatrick May 8, 1921 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Betty Jane Bruce December 2, 1928 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 46 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Robert Daniel Bruce January 22, 1931 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Thomas Edward Bruce 1933 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | William Henry Bruce June 1, 1935 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 | November 3, 1942 (Age 59 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery |
| Family with Violet May Deatrick |
| himself |
John Webster Eldin Birth: February 18, 1883 — Boone, Indiana, United States Death: November 3, 1942 — Bruce Lake, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Violet May Deatrick Birth: March 31, 1883 — Corydon, Harrison, Indiana, United States Death: May 8, 1921 — Lebanon, Boone, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: February 9, 1910 — Boone, Indiana, United States |
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10 months daughter |
Alma Virginia Eldin Birth: December 1, 1910 27 27 — Indiana, United States Death: June 20, 1975 — Winamac, Pulaski, Indiana, United States |
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - John Webster Eldin - Household
Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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