Ada Emmaline “Addie” SwaffordAge: 102 years1888–1991
- Name
- Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford
- Given names
- Ada Emmaline
- Surname
- Swafford
- Married name
- Ada Emmaline Robnett
- Nickname
- Addie
 Birth | February 28, 1888 45 38 |
 Birth of a brother | Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford September 2, 1890 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Jane Swafford April 24, 1893 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Anna Ida Swafford September 18, 1893 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 sister | Pernada “Nada” Swafford March 21, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Ulysses Swafford February 7, 1902 (Age 13 years) Note: accidental death while attending college |
| Death of a sister | Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford February 20, 1902 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Betsy Brown July 28, 1913 (Age 25 years) Note: All living children are noted -b |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Marriage | James Fortinatus Robnett — View this family August 25, 1918 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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 41 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 mother | Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham December 18, 1934 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel Swafford November 27, 1936 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Young Swafford December 22, 1943 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 sister | Alice Perditt Swafford August 4, 1947 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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 sister | Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford April 18, 1967 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a husband | James Fortinatus Robnett July 18, 1970 (Age 82 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 sister | Anna Ida Swafford October 12, 1981 (Age 93 years) |
| Death of a sister | Crocia Swafford October 25, 1983 (Age 95 years) |
| Death of a brother | Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford March 12, 1984 (Age 96 years) |
 Death | January 1, 1991 (Age 102 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Swafford Birth: January 12, 1843 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: November 27, 1936 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Cora Emmaline “Carrie” Parham Birth: March 6, 1849 28 33 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 18, 1934 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 14, 1867 — |
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15 months elder sister |
Alice Perditt Swafford Birth: July 24, 1868 25 19 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: August 4, 1947 — Rhea, Tennessee, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Nancy E “Nannie” Swafford Birth: January 1, 1870 26 20 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 20, 1902 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Jimmy Swafford Birth: September 1, 1871 28 22 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 8, 1874 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Martha Jane Swafford Birth: September 1, 1873 30 24 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 24, 1893 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Pernada “Nada” Swafford Birth: June 20, 1876 33 27 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 21, 1900 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Thomas Young Swafford Birth: February 27, 1878 35 28 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: December 22, 1943 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Crocia Swafford Birth: July 1880 37 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: October 25, 1983 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Thurman “Sally” Swafford Birth: January 27, 1883 40 33 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: April 18, 1967 — Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
John Ulysses Swafford Birth: February 25, 1885 42 35 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: February 7, 1902 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years herself |
Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford Birth: February 28, 1888 45 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1991 — Nine Mile, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Samuel Daily “Dale” Swafford Birth: September 2, 1890 47 41 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: March 12, 1984 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Anna Ida Swafford Birth: September 18, 1893 50 44 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: October 12, 1981 — Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with James Fortinatus Robnett |
| husband |
James Fortinatus Robnett Birth: March 21, 1882 — Wayne, Tennessee, United States Death: July 18, 1970 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Ada Emmaline “Addie” Swafford Birth: February 28, 1888 45 38 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: January 1, 1991 — Nine Mile, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: August 25, 1918 — |