Alma RigginsAge: 86 years1903–1989
- Name
- Alma Riggins
- Given names
- Alma
- Surname
- Riggins
- Married name
- Alma Morrisson
 Birth | July 23, 1903 35 33 |
 Marriage | Hartwell Winfred Morrisson — View this family unknown |
 Death of a brother | Jessie Brooklyn Riggins August 18, 1904 (Age 12 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Carl Alexander Riggins December 23, 1906 (Age 3 years) |
 Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 6 years) Address: Near Staga Rd. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Charles Alexander Riggins April 23, 1912 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 17, 1920 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Roanna E Weatherford May 30, 1920 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 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 |
| Census | April 19, 1930 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Franklin Wayne Morrisson October 13, 1932 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Doris Evelyn “Dot” Morrisson March 27, 1935 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 mother | Pemetta “Etta” Ellis October 17, 1947 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Samuel Wayne Morrisson April 6, 1959 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a father | Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. 1959 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a brother | Benjamin Franklin Riggins Jr. October 18, 1971 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 | Lucy Claude Riggins 1976 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a brother | Carl Alexander Riggins May 6, 1976 (Age 72 years) |
 Death | August 25, 1989 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arlington Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. Birth: February 1868 30 26 — Virginia, United States Death: 1959 |
| mother |
Pemetta “Etta” Ellis Birth: July 16, 1870 47 27 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: October 17, 1947 — Arlington, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1894 — |
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1 year elder brother |
Hershal F Riggins Birth: December 20, 1894 26 24 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: December 10, 1897 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Lucy Claude Riggins Birth: September 1897 29 27 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1976 |
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22 months elder brother |
Benjamin Franklin Riggins Jr. Birth: June 22, 1899 31 28 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: October 18, 1971 — Arlington, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Jessie Brooklyn Riggins Birth: April 28, 1901 33 30 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: August 18, 1904 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years herself |
Alma Riggins Birth: July 23, 1903 35 33 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: August 25, 1989 |
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3 years younger brother |
Carl Alexander Riggins Birth: December 23, 1906 38 36 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: May 6, 1976 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Hartwell Winfred Morrisson |
| husband |
Hartwell Winfred Morrisson Birth: August 18, 1905 — Tennessee, United States Death: September 3, 2001 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Alma Riggins Birth: July 23, 1903 35 33 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: August 25, 1989 |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Franklin Wayne Morrisson Birth: October 13, 1932 27 29 — Tennessee, United States Death: November 6, 2001 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Doris Evelyn “Dot” Morrisson Birth: March 27, 1935 29 31 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 17, 2009 — Fayette, Tennessee, United States |
Alma Riggins has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Edward Lewis Riggins + Lucy Irene Ellis
Mother's family (9)
Parents Dhalma Beloate Ellis + Pearl Bond
Parents Edward Lewis Riggins + Lucy Irene Ellis
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Riggins - Household
Near Staga Rd. Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Columbia is Etta's Aunt census says niece | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. - Household
Memphis & Somerville Road Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Franklin Riggins Sr. - Household
Highway 15 Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Hartwell Winfred Morrisson - Household
Road to Hatchie Bottom Fayette, Tennessee
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