Virginia Catherine “Jennie” AkersAge: 78 years1857–1935
- Name
- Virginia Catherine “Jennie” Akers
- Given names
- Virginia Catherine
- Surname
- Akers
- Married name
- Virginia Catherine Green
- Nickname
- Jennie
 Birth | February 11, 1857 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 4 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 11 years)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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Henry H Green — View this family December 22, 1880 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Roy Runnels Green December 18, 1881 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 |
 Census | June 14, 1900 (Age 43 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Roy Runnels Green — Mabel Widick — View this family July 26, 1905 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Henry Green August 25, 1906 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Paul Widick Green April 24, 1909 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Beula Evelyn Green January 8, 1911 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 husband | Henry H Green January 8, 1917 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 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 60 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/ |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Ervin Herbert Green December 24, 1920 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Beula Evelyn Green March 24, 1928 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 11, 1935 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery |
| Family with Henry H Green |
| husband |
Henry H Green Birth: February 22, 1855 — Missouri, United States Death: January 8, 1917 — Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Virginia Catherine “Jennie” Akers Birth: February 11, 1857 — Chariton, Missouri, United States Death: July 11, 1935 — Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: December 22, 1880 — Chariton, Missouri, United States |
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1 year son |
Roy Runnels Green Birth: December 18, 1881 26 24 — Missouri, United States Death: May 21, 1950 — Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Henry H Green - Household
Musselfork, Chariton, Missouri, United States
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