Mary Searles OwenAge: 75 years1891–1967
- Name
- Mary Searles Owen
- Given names
- Mary Searles
- Surname
- Owen
- Married name
- Mary Searles Pratt
 Birth | October 23, 1891 35 28 |
 Birth of a sister | Lila Elizabeth Owen October 6, 1896 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Charlotte Jane Shemwell May 27, 1899 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Lee Penry Owen July 31, 1899 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | June 20, 1900 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Dwight M Owen February 23, 1902 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a brother | Dwight M Owen May 20, 1902 (Age 10 years) |
| Census | May 3, 1910 (Age 18 years) |
 Marriage | Ralph Mitchell Pratt — View this family December 22, 1914 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a mother | Kate Roberts Penry June 4, 1916 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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 2, 1920 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Kate Owen Pratt March 11, 1920 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 37 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 2, 1930 (Age 38 years) |
| Death of a father | Sylvester Lee Owen August 1, 1938 (Age 46 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1940 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 husband | Ralph Mitchell Pratt November 14, 1952 (Age 61 years) Cause: Suicide |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 | April 12, 1967 (Age 75 years) |
 Burial | April 14, 1967 (2 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Salem Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Sylvester Lee Owen Birth: August 12, 1856 26 24 — North Carolina, United States Death: August 1, 1938 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Kate Roberts Penry Birth: April 1, 1863 53 36 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: June 4, 1916 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 27, 1888 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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13 months elder sister |
Alma Hunter Owen Birth: March 27, 1889 32 25 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 15, 1975 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years herself |
Mary Searles Owen Birth: October 23, 1891 35 28 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 12, 1967 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Lila Elizabeth Owen Birth: October 6, 1896 40 33 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 12, 1990 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Lee Penry Owen Birth: July 31, 1899 42 36 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: February 1, 1971 — Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Dwight M Owen Birth: February 23, 1902 45 38 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: May 20, 1902 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Ralph Mitchell Pratt |
| husband |
Ralph Mitchell Pratt Birth: September 18, 1891 23 21 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 14, 1952 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Mary Searles Owen Birth: October 23, 1891 35 28 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 12, 1967 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: December 22, 1914 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Kate Owen Pratt Birth: March 11, 1920 28 28 — Guilford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 18, 2001 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
Mary Searles Owen has 2 first cousins recorded
Father's family (2)
Parents Walter William Owen + Margaret Singleton “Maggie” Gose
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester Lee Owen - Household
Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Sylvester Lee Owen - Household
Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Mitchell Pratt - Household
College Street
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles A Pratt - Household
706 Hawthorne Road Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC
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