Myrtle EdwardsAge: 69 years1918–1987
- Name
- Myrtle Edwards
- Given names
- Myrtle
- Surname
- Edwards
- Married name
- Myrtle Hand
 Birth | January 21, 1918 27 21 |
 Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918Note: 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 1918Note: 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/ |
 Birth of a sister | Dorothy Edwards January 29, 1924 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 11 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 21, 1930 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Charles Edward Hand August 18, 1941 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 |
| Birth of a son #2 | John David Hand 1947 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a father | Byron Edwards February 4, 1947 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | David Leland Green January 2, 1949 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 paternal grandmother | Ida Mae Shemwell August 5, 1959 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Katherine Bomboy November 18, 1965 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 son | John David Hand January 18, 1977 (Age 58 years) Cause: Automobile Accident |
 Death | November 21, 1987 (Age 69 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Byron Edwards Birth: May 8, 1890 26 20 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 4, 1947 — St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Helen Green Birth: December 24, 1896 22 20 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: |
| herself |
Myrtle Edwards Birth: January 21, 1918 27 21 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: November 21, 1987 — St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Dorothy Edwards Birth: January 29, 1924 33 27 — Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, United States Death: June 25, 2005 |
| sister |
Private |
| Family with Charles Walter Hand |
| husband |
Charles Walter Hand Birth: November 5, 1909 — Glasgow, Howard, Missouri, United States Death: September 7, 1989 — St Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Myrtle Edwards Birth: January 21, 1918 27 21 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: November 21, 1987 — St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States |
| son |
Charles Edward Hand Birth: August 18, 1941 31 23 — Glasgow, Howard, Missouri, United States Death: January 2, 2003 — Palatka, Putnam, Florida, United States |
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6 years son |
John David Hand Birth: 1947 37 28 — St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States Death: January 18, 1977 — St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
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Myrtle Edwards has 1 first cousin recorded
Father's family (1)
Parents Robert Solon Edwards + Virginia Jane Horner
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Byron Edwards - Household
Lafayette, Dover, Missouri
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