Hanford ArmstrongAge: 89 years1857–1947
- Name
- Hanford Armstrong
- Given names
- Hanford
- Surname
- Armstrong
 Birth | May 21, 1857 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)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 9 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 9 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 11 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 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Fannie Minerva White — View this family April 3, 1888 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Orlo Keith Armstrong March 28, 1900 (Age 42 years) |
 Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 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 59 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 60 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 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 wife | Fannie Minerva White March 4, 1936 (Age 78 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Mary Arminta Armstrong January 18, 1940 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 84 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 88 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 | March 31, 1947 (Age 89 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kirkwood Cemetery |
| Family with Fannie Minerva White |
| himself |
Hanford Armstrong Birth: May 21, 1857 — Digby, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada Death: March 31, 1947 — Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States |
| wife |
Fannie Minerva White Birth: July 21, 1866 — Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States Death: March 4, 1936 — Newport, Rock, Nebraska, United States |
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Marriage: April 3, 1888 — Rock, Nebraska, United States |
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12 years son |
Orlo Keith Armstrong Birth: March 28, 1900 42 33 — Mariaville, Rock, Nebraska, United States Death: September 2, 1981 — Perry, Dallas, Iowa, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Hanford Armstrong - Household
Kirkwood, Rock, Nebraska, United States
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