Adelle PontonAge: 91 years1852–1944
- Name
- Adelle Ponton
- Given names
- Adelle
- Surname
- Ponton
- Married name
- Adelle Renville
![]() | December 4, 1852 23 20 |
![]() | Joseph Ponton June 24, 1858 (Age 5 years) |
![]() | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 4 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
![]() | Joseph Ponton before 1860 (Age 7 years) |
![]() | Matilda M Ponton April 30, 1860 (Age 7 years) |
![]() | Francis Ponton November 18, 1861 (Age 8 years) |
![]() | Marie Ponton July 5, 1863 (Age 10 years) |
![]() | Marie Ponton February 25, 1864 (Age 11 years) |
![]() | Rosalie “Rose” Ponton January 27, 1865 (Age 12 years) |
![]() | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 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 |
![]() | Francis Ponton September 2, 1866 (Age 13 years) |
![]() | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 14 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 |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 14 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
![]() | Henry Aaron Ponton March 8, 1868 (Age 15 years) |
![]() | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 16 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 |
![]() | Marie Anastasia Ponton March 13, 1870 (Age 17 years) |
![]() | Francois Louis Ponton March 7, 1871 (Age 18 years) |
![]() | George Renville — View this family March 31, 1872 (Age 19 years) |
![]() | Pvt Napoleon Renville — Adelle Selfridge Rainville — View this family July 3, 1872 (Age 19 years) |
![]() | Jennie Adelle Renville May 21, 1873 (Age 20 years) |
![]() | Oregina Ida Renville about 1875 (Age 22 years) |
![]() | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
![]() | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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 |
![]() | Adelle Selfridge Rainville December 12, 1898 (Age 46 years) |
![]() | Oregina Ida Renville before 1900 (Age 47 years) |
![]() | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 63 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
![]() | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 64 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 |
![]() | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 65 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/ |
![]() | George Renville February 19, 1925 (Age 72 years) |
![]() | Marie Anastasia Ponton March 18, 1927 (Age 74 years) |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 76 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 |
![]() | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 88 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 |
![]() | September 19, 1944 (Age 91 years) Cause of death: Pneumonia |
![]() | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Tree Cemetery |
Family with parents |
father |
Francois Louis Ponton Birth: about 1829 — Quebec, Canada Death: March 7, 1871 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
mother |
Adelle Selfridge Rainville Birth: January 21, 1832 — Canada Death: December 12, 1898 — O'Brien, Iowa, United States |
Marriage: July 30, 1850 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Louis Ponton Birth: August 24, 1851 22 19 — Canada Death: |
15 months herself |
Adelle Ponton Birth: December 4, 1852 23 20 — Canada Death: September 19, 1944 — Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States |
6 years younger brother |
Joseph Ponton Birth: June 24, 1858 29 26 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: before 1860 |
22 months younger sister |
Matilda M Ponton Birth: April 30, 1860 31 28 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: December 18, 1963 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States |
19 months younger brother |
Francis Ponton Birth: November 18, 1861 32 29 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: September 2, 1866 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
20 months younger sister |
Marie Ponton Birth: July 5, 1863 34 31 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: February 25, 1864 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
19 months younger sister |
Rosalie “Rose” Ponton Birth: January 27, 1865 36 33 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: |
3 years younger brother |
Henry Aaron Ponton Birth: March 8, 1868 39 36 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: May 26, 1962 — Eureka, Lincoln, Montana, United States |
2 years younger sister |
Marie Anastasia Ponton Birth: March 13, 1870 41 38 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: March 18, 1927 — Lynch, Boyd, Nebraska, United States |
Mother’s family with Pvt Napoleon Renville |
step-father |
Pvt Napoleon Renville Birth: September 22, 1844 37 28 — Napierville, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada Death: February 13, 1892 — O'Brien, Iowa, United States |
mother |
Adelle Selfridge Rainville Birth: January 21, 1832 — Canada Death: December 12, 1898 — O'Brien, Iowa, United States |
Marriage: July 3, 1872 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States |
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11 months half-sister |
Jennie Adelle Renville Birth: May 21, 1873 28 41 — Iroquois, Iowa, United States Death: March 4, 1958 — Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States |
3 years half-sister |
Oregina Ida Renville Birth: about 1875 30 42 — Illinois, United States Death: before 1900 |
Family with George Renville |
husband |
George Renville Birth: March 25, 1850 43 33 — Kankakee, Illinois, United States Death: February 19, 1925 — Sioux Rapids, Buena Vista, Iowa, United States |
herself |
Adelle Ponton Birth: December 4, 1852 23 20 — Canada Death: September 19, 1944 — Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States |
Marriage: March 31, 1872 — Iroquois, Illinois, United States |