Robert A WickerAge: 74 years1848–1922
- Name
- Robert A Wicker
- Given names
- Robert A
- Surname
- Wicker
 Birth | January 25, 1848 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)Note: 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 13 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 18 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 18 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
 Marriage | Roresta Margaret Holland — View this family November 8, 1868 (Age 20 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Dr. William Franklin Wicker July 21, 1869 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 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 |
 Census | July 14, 1870 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Mathew Wimpy Wicker August 14, 1872 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a son #3 | George Pasevant Wicker March 29, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Dr. William Franklin Wicker — Florida Inez Litton — View this family about 1894 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Nelson Niles Wicker February 17, 1895 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Mathew Wimpy Wicker — Mary Edith Palmer — View this family August 30, 1896 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 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 |
| Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Ruby Wicker July 1, 1901 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage of a child | George Pasevant Wicker — Stella Brockman — View this family about 1902 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a wife | Roresta Margaret Holland February 10, 1902 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Xelpho Palmer Wicker March 20, 1903 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 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 68 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 69 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 | July 1, 1922 (Age 74 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riffe Cemetery |
| Family with Roresta Margaret Holland |
| himself |
Robert A Wicker Birth: January 25, 1848 — Vandalia, Fayette, Illinois, United States Death: July 1, 1922 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Roresta Margaret Holland Birth: April 5, 1848 20 20 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 10, 1902 — Orrick, Ray, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: November 8, 1868 — Fayette, Illinois, United States |
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8 months son |
Dr. William Franklin Wicker Birth: July 21, 1869 21 21 — Fayette, Illinois, United States Death: March 4, 1946 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years son |
Mathew Wimpy Wicker Birth: August 14, 1872 24 24 — Vandalia, Fay, Illinois, United States Death: 1963 |
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8 years son |
George Pasevant Wicker Birth: March 29, 1880 32 31 — Avilla, Jasper, Missouri, United States Death: December 20, 1947 — Madera, California, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Robert A Wicker - Household
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert A Wicker - Household
6th Street Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
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