William Burton ArmstrongAge: 77 years1857–1934
- Name
- William Burton Armstrong
- Given names
- William Burton
- Surname
- Armstrong
 Birth | January 29, 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 4 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 | Annie Elizabeth Holland — View this family February 12, 1880 (Age 23 years) |
 Census | June 9, 1880 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Albert Howard Armstrong August 24, 1884 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Maude Elizabeth Armstrong November 16, 1888 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Minnie M Armstrong September 24, 1894 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 41 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 daughter | Maude Elizabeth Armstrong July 28, 1904 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Albert Howard Armstrong — Gertrude Frances Bell — View this family December 20, 1905 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Emma Elizabeth Armstrong April 21, 1907 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Opal Ruth Armstrong November 21, 1909 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Rolla Malone — Minnie M Armstrong — View this family November 24, 1912 (Age 55 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 |
| Death of a son | Albert Howard Armstrong March 8, 1917 (Age 60 years) |
| 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/ |
| Death of a wife | Annie Elizabeth Holland June 5, 1928 (Age 71 years) Cause: Pneumonia |
| 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 | August 19, 1934 (Age 77 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery |
| Family with Annie Elizabeth Holland |
| himself |
William Burton Armstrong Birth: January 29, 1857 — Richview, Washington, Illinois, United States Death: August 19, 1934 — Sullivan Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States |
| wife |
Annie Elizabeth Holland Birth: December 6, 1858 25 23 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: June 5, 1928 — DeWitt, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: February 12, 1880 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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5 years son |
Albert Howard Armstrong Birth: August 24, 1884 27 25 — Illinois, United States Death: March 8, 1917 — LaSalle, Illinois, United States |
| son |
Edward Jerome Armstrong Death: |
| daughter |
Maude Elizabeth Armstrong Birth: November 16, 1888 31 29 Death: July 28, 1904 — Marion, Illinois, United States |
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| daughter |
Minnie M Armstrong Birth: September 24, 1894 37 35 — Illinois, United States Death: January 5, 1986 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Burton Armstrong - Household
Patoka, Marion, Illinois
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