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James Arthur Crocker JrAge: 100 years19142014

Name
James Arthur Crocker Jr
Given names
James Arthur
Surname
Crocker
Name suffix
Jr
Birth October 19, 1914 29 29
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 months)

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 2 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 3 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/
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Census April 7, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAnnette “Nettie” Harris
September 13, 1931 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherEthel Ann Sissell
1933 (Age 18 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Death of a fatherJames Arthur Crocker
December 12, 1949 (Age 35 years)
Census May 9, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Zachariah Sissell
March 31, 1956 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a sisterAnnette Crocker
June 6, 1999 (Age 84 years)
Death November 14, 2014 (Age 100 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mobile Memorial Gardens
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father
James Arthur Crocker
Birth: December 27, 1884Paris, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
Death: December 12, 1949Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
mother
Ethel Ann Sissell
Birth: March 10, 1885 22 20Republic, Republic, Kansas, United States
Death: 1933Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Marriage: January 18, 1912Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
16 months
elder sister
Annette Crocker
Birth: June 1, 1913 28 28Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Death: June 6, 1999Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States
17 months
himself
James Arthur Crocker Jr
Birth: October 19, 1914 29 29Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Death: November 14, 2014Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Family with Doris Bond Hamilton - View this family
himself
James Arthur Crocker Jr
Birth: October 19, 1914 29 29Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States
Death: November 14, 2014Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States
wife
Doris Bond Hamilton
Birth: June 13, 1915Taylor, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
Death: January 14, 2020Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States
son
Private
son
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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Arthur Crocker - Household

Cold Water Road Yalobusha, Mississippi

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Crocker, James AheadMW35MMSMSMSFarmerGeneral Farm
Crocker, EthelwifeFW34MKSIAKS
Crocker, AnnettedaughterFW6SMSMSKS
Crocker, James AsonMW5SMSMSKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Arthur Crocker - Household

Gage Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Crocker, James AheadMW45M27MSMSMSLaborerRailway
Crocker, EthelwifeFW45M27KSIAKS
Crocker, AnnettedaughterFW16SMSMSKS
Crocker, JamessonMW15SMSMSKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Arthur Crocker - Household

Calhoun Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Crocker, ArthurheadMW55WdMSContractorBuilding
Crocker, JamessonMW25SMSAgentInsurance