Benjamin Roby1883–
- Name
- Benjamin Roby
- Given names
- Benjamin
- Surname
- Roby
 Birth | about 1883 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 |
 Religious marriage | Bertha Shemwell — View this family December 30, 1903 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Beulah Gladys Roby February 5, 1906 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a wife | Bertha Shemwell January 7, 1911 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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 grandson #1 | Jesse Charles Kimball July 27, 1926 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 46 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Willard Kimball October 14, 1931 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Beulah Gladys Kimball July 31, 1934 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Billy Ray “Buster” Kimball December 31, 1936 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 granddaughter | Beulah Gladys Kimball November 3, 1953 (Age 70 years) Cause: Injuries suffered in auto accident |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 67 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 grandson | Willard Kimball July 31, 1976 (Age 93 years) |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with Bertha Shemwell |
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Benjamin Roby Birth: about 1883 — Illinois, United States Death: |
| wife |
Bertha Shemwell Birth: June 9, 1890 35 — Mississippi, Missouri, United States Death: January 7, 1911 — St. James, Mississippi, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: December 30, 1903 — Scott, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Beulah Gladys Roby Birth: February 5, 1906 23 15 — Missouri, United States Death: May 16, 1998 — New Madrid, New Madrid, Missouri, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Roby - Household
Tywappity, Mississippi, Missouri
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