Robert England BiggerstaffAge: 62 years1874–1936
- Name
- Robert England Biggerstaff
- Given names
- Robert England
- Surname
- Biggerstaff
 Birth | March 10, 1874 28 27 |
 Birth of a sister | Ida Millie Biggerstaff December 12, 1874 (Age 9 months) |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a mother | Susan Cowan March 16, 1889 (Age 15 years) |
 Marriage | Eulalia Belle Blanton — View this family March 29, 1893 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 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 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joseph Cowan February 28, 1907 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 father | Isaac Newton Biggerstaff January 20, 1923 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 55 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 | October 1, 1936 (Age 62 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cool Springs Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Isaac Newton Biggerstaff Birth: about 1846 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 20, 1923 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Susan Cowan Birth: February 28, 1847 21 17 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: March 16, 1889 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 26, 1866 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Mary Isabella Biggerstaff Birth: May 27, 1868 22 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 13, 1948 |
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20 months elder brother |
Charles May “Charlie” Biggerstaff Birth: January 16, 1870 24 22 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: July 4, 1942 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years himself |
Robert England Biggerstaff Birth: March 10, 1874 28 27 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: October 1, 1936 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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9 months younger sister |
Ida Millie Biggerstaff Birth: December 12, 1874 28 27 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: May 28, 1948 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Eulalia Belle Blanton |
| himself |
Robert England Biggerstaff Birth: March 10, 1874 28 27 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: October 1, 1936 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Eulalia Belle Blanton Birth: January 22, 1874 35 30 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: August 4, 1960 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: March 29, 1893 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |