William Elbert VanosdolAge: 71 years1875–1946
- Name
- William Elbert Vanosdol
- Given names
- William Elbert
- Surname
- Vanosdol
 Birth | January 14, 1875 28 31 |
 Birth of a brother | Charles Perry Vanosdol July 1, 1876 (Age 17 months) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a sister | Lulu Catherine Vanosdol March 18, 1881 (Age 6 years) |
 Marriage | Anna Wilhelmina Smith — View this family July 26, 1894 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Elbert Taylor Parke Sr. March 28, 1898 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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 |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 40 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 41 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 42 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 wife | Anna Wilhelmina Smith May 27, 1924 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a mother | Delilah Parke July 21, 1925 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 54 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 father | Theodore W Vanosdol December 7, 1931 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 70 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 | December 9, 1946 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Theodore W Vanosdol Birth: November 20, 1846 — Jefferson, Indiana, United States Death: December 7, 1931 — Ripley, Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Delilah Parke Birth: February 25, 1843 33 32 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: July 21, 1925 — Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: April 20, 1873 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
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21 months himself |
William Elbert Vanosdol Birth: January 14, 1875 28 31 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: December 9, 1946 — Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States |
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18 months younger brother |
Charles Perry Vanosdol Birth: July 1, 1876 29 33 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: April 27, 1966 — Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Lulu Catherine Vanosdol Birth: March 18, 1881 34 38 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: March 2, 1980 — Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| Mother’s family with an unknown individual |
| mother |
Delilah Parke Birth: February 25, 1843 33 32 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: July 21, 1925 — Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
| half-sister |
Clara Parke Birth: July 27, 1863 20 — Spring Lake, Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: June 13, 1954 — Glenwood, Webste, Nebraska, United States |
| Family with Anna Wilhelmina Smith |
| himself |
William Elbert Vanosdol Birth: January 14, 1875 28 31 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: December 9, 1946 — Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Anna Wilhelmina Smith Birth: February 20, 1877 — Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States Death: May 27, 1924 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: July 26, 1894 — Tazewell, Illinois, United States |