Ralph Adelbert Carrier JrAge: 91 years1914–2005
- Name
- Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr
- Type
- birth name
- Given names
- Ralph Adelbert
- Surname
- Carrier
- Name suffix
- Jr
 Birth | March 25, 1914 33 25 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 months)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 2 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 3 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 14, 1920 (Age 5 years) |
 Death of a paternal grandmother | Catherine Elizabeth Robinson February 28, 1924 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Edwin George Carrier March 13, 1927 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 16 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Louis Burnis Wheeler October 26, 1936 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Adelbert Carrier July 17, 1939 (Age 25 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 maternal grandmother | Cora B Shemwell November 7, 1950 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 father | Ralph Adelbert Carrier March 11, 1973 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 mother | Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler March 8, 1978 (Age 63 years) |
 Death | November 3, 2005 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ralph Adelbert Carrier Birth: August 20, 1880 41 38 — Michigan, United States Death: March 11, 1973 — Fletcher, Henderson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Fannie Elizabeth Wheeler Birth: October 7, 1888 26 24 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: March 8, 1978 — Henderson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: April 22, 1911 — Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years himself |
Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr Birth: March 25, 1914 33 25 — Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 3, 2005 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Louise West |
| himself |
Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr Birth: March 25, 1914 33 25 — Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 3, 2005 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Louise West Birth: October 27, 1916 — Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States Death: January 9, 2009 — Buncombe, North Carolina, United States |
| son |
James Adelbert Carrier Birth: July 17, 1939 25 22 Death: July 27, 2016 — North Carolina, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Louis Burnis Wheeler - Household
Virginia on line Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Census says Carriers are lodgers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Adelbert Carrier - Household
Dougherty, GA
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr - Household
Edneyville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States
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