Deskie Gertrude HodgesAge: 88 years1894–1982
- Name
- Deskie Gertrude Hodges
- Given names
- Deskie Gertrude
- Surname
- Hodges
- Married name
- Deskie Gertrude Hodges
 Birth | March 2, 1894 25 29 |
 Birth of a brother | Russell George Hodges May 27, 1896 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Louisa Hodges September 11, 1902 (Age 8 years) |
 Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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 paternal grandmother | Louisa Gragg November 6, 1926 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 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 of a father | Henry Clay Hodges December 22, 1939 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 | Eliza Jane Moore December 22, 1946 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 sister | Mary Louisa Hodges October 2, 1962 (Age 68 years) |
| Burial of a sister | Mary Louisa Hodges October 4, 1962 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 | May 10, 1982 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Clay Hodges Birth: September 16, 1868 37 33 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: December 22, 1939 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Eliza Jane Moore Birth: October 30, 1864 — Caldwell, North Carolina, United States Death: December 22, 1946 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1889 — |
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5 years herself |
Deskie Gertrude Hodges Birth: March 2, 1894 25 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 10, 1982 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Russell George Hodges Birth: May 27, 1896 27 31 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 16, 1984 — Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Mary Louisa Hodges Birth: September 11, 1902 33 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 2, 1962 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - John Ingram - Household
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