Oliver TimsonAge: 81 years1860–1941
- Name
- Oliver Timson
- Given names
- Oliver
- Surname
- Timson
 Birth | February 6, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 months)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 6 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 6 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 8 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 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Eliza Jane Rhode — View this family September 23, 1891 (Age 31 years) Note: Marriage info found on FAG site |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Maggie Muriel Timson November 30, 1893 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 38 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 7, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a wife | Eliza Jane Rhode March 5, 1905 (Age 45 years) |
| Marriage of a child | LeRoy Simon Dyke — Maggie Muriel Timson — View this family January 16, 1912 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mabel Lucille Dyke November 4, 1912 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ferne Ruth Dyke August 21, 1914 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Malcolm Dyke June 21, 1916 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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 #4 | Jayne Stella Dyke July 13, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Betty Jean Dyke March 30, 1929 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 | August 3, 1941 (Age 81 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tabor Cemetery |
| Family with Eliza Jane Rhode |
| himself |
Oliver Timson Birth: February 6, 1860 — Newton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States Death: August 3, 1941 — Tabor, Mills, Iowa, United States |
| wife |
Eliza Jane Rhode Birth: March 14, 1862 — Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: March 5, 1905 — Fremont, Iowa, United States |
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Marriage: September 23, 1891 — Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Maggie Muriel Timson Birth: November 30, 1893 33 31 — Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: March 23, 1977 — Glenwood, Mills, Iowa, United States |
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Timson - Household
Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States
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