Flora Catherine PolkAge: 73 years1866–1940
- Name
- Flora Catherine Polk
- Given names
- Flora Catherine
- Surname
- Polk
- Married name
- Flora Catherine Hollenback
 Birth | July 1866 29 19 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 months)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 6 months)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 2 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 |
 Census | July 14, 1870 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 11 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | William Henry Hollenback — View this family January 1, 1885 (Age 18 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Pearl Agnes Hollenback September 22, 1887 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Osa Geneva Hollenback November 7, 1889 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Ural Talmage Hollenback Sr November 10, 1893 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr January 2, 1897 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 31 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 12, 1900 (Age 33 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira C Henry McNew — Pearl Agnes Hollenback — View this family March 25, 1906 (Age 39 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Ira Paul McNew January 2, 1908 (Age 41 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ira C Henry McNew — Pearl Agnes Hollenback — View this family October 8, 1910 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Fletcher Forrest McNew August 17, 1912 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Earl Ross Gambrel — Osa Geneva Hollenback — View this family September 11, 1913 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | Joseph J Polk August 8, 1914 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 49 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Infant Gambrel June 12, 1917 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Infant Gambrel June 12, 1917 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Jane Carter January 16, 1918 (Age 51 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr — Esther Mahree Croff — View this family April 28, 1918 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Roy Talmage McNew November 22, 1918 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 50 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 51 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 granddaughter #5 | Miriam Esther Hollenback April 27, 1919 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ural Talmage Hollenback Sr — Gertrude Alma Robison — View this family June 3, 1919 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Earl Garland McNew April 10, 1920 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Verland Earl Gambrel December 25, 1921 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Pearl Lovene McNew October 16, 1922 (Age 56 years) Shared note: Richard Loverl and Pearl Lovene McNew are twins |
| Birth of a grandson #9 | Richard Loverl McNew October 17, 1922 (Age 56 years) Shared note: Richard Loverl and Pearl Lovene McNew are twins |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Chester Byron Hollenback February 14, 1923 (Age 56 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Elmo Glenn Gambrel October 14, 1923 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #12 | Ural Talmage Hollenback Jr December 14, 1923 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #13 | Dolores Fay McNew February 22, 1924 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #14 | Rosemond Gambrel about 1925 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #15 | Ivan James Gambrel July 31, 1926 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #16 | Alma Mavis Hollenback August 7, 1926 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #17 | Roy Leonidas Hollenback Jr September 9, 1926 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #18 | Hansell Goodwin “Ace” Hollenback June 26, 1928 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #19 | David Mervel Hollenback August 9, 1928 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 63 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 granddaughter #20 | Bonnie Elizabeth Hollenback November 12, 1931 (Age 65 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #21 | Dwight Calvin Hollenback May 14, 1933 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Henry Hollenback January 1934 (Age 67 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Florello Melfi “Frell” Zink — Pearl Agnes Hollenback — View this family April 11, 1938 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | June 27, 1940 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: South Mound Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Joseph J Polk Birth: December 31, 1836 — Indiana, United States Death: August 8, 1914 — Marion, Grant, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Jane Carter Birth: January 7, 1847 — Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, United States Death: January 16, 1918 — Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: April 26, 1864 — Howard, Indiana, United States |
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2 years herself |
Flora Catherine Polk Birth: July 1866 29 19 — Carroll, Indiana, United States Death: June 27, 1940 — New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States |
| Family with William Henry Hollenback |
| husband |
William Henry Hollenback Birth: March 21, 1863 28 16 — Cass, Indiana, United States Death: January 1934 — Delta, Colorado, United States |
| herself |
Flora Catherine Polk Birth: July 1866 29 19 — Carroll, Indiana, United States Death: June 27, 1940 — New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: January 1, 1885 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Pearl Agnes Hollenback Birth: September 22, 1887 24 21 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: February 26, 1959 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Osa Geneva Hollenback Birth: November 7, 1889 26 23 — Madison, Indiana, United States Death: July 30, 1984 — Riverside, Riverside, California, United States |
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4 years son |
Ural Talmage Hollenback Sr Birth: November 10, 1893 30 27 — Logansport, Indiana, United States Death: August 28, 1968 — Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States |
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3 years son |
Roy Leonidas Hollenback Sr Birth: January 2, 1897 33 30 — Marion, Center, Grant, Indiana, United States Death: November 9, 1961 — Oroville, Butte, California, United States |
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Joseph J Polk - Household
Deer Creek, Carroll, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Flora Catherine Polk - Household
Elwood, Madison, Indiana, United States
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