Oswald Eugene RecroftAge: 75 years1907–1982
- Name
- Oswald Eugene Recroft
- Given names
- Oswald Eugene
- Surname
- Recroft
 Birth | August 5, 1907 32 30 |
 Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 |
 Death of a mother | Mary Alice Baxter December 5, 1918 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 10 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 5, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Jane Spence February 12, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Jefferson Baxter 1928 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 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 maternal grandmother | Sonoma Elizabeth McCallon 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 |
| Census | April 15, 1950 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 father | Robert Alexander Recroft April 28, 1954 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 | August 23, 1982 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Memorial Park |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Robert Alexander Recroft Birth: February 9, 1875 34 36 — Lakefield, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Death: April 28, 1954 — Richfield, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States |
| mother |
Mary Alice Baxter Birth: February 26, 1877 31 29 — Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States Death: December 5, 1918 — Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: October 28, 1896 — |
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11 years himself |
Oswald Eugene Recroft Birth: August 5, 1907 32 30 — Nebraska, United States Death: August 23, 1982 — Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
| Family with Ruth Alma McSwain |
| himself |
Oswald Eugene Recroft Birth: August 5, 1907 32 30 — Nebraska, United States Death: August 23, 1982 — Palm Beach, Florida, United States |
| wife |
Ruth Alma McSwain Birth: July 3, 1910 25 23 — Arkansas, United States Death: August 20, 2005 — Florida, United States |
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Private |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Alexander Recroft - Household
Newport, Rock, Nebraska, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Alexander Recroft - Household
Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Alexander Recroft - Household
Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States
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