Retta Bowman OliverAge: 83 years1908–1991
- Name
- Retta Bowman Oliver
- Given names
- Retta Bowman
- Surname
- Oliver
- Married name
- Retta Bowman Shaver
- Married name
- Retta Bowman Brown
 Birth | about 1908 |
 Marriage | Henry Carleton Brown — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/ |
 Birth of a son#1 | James Nebron Shaver July 24, 1925 (Age 17 years) |
| Marriage | Roscoe Otis Shaver — View this family November 10, 1928 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 18, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | May 8, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 son | James Nebron Shaver July 25, 1958 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a husband | Roscoe Otis Shaver June 19, 1962 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 | July 14, 1991 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Zion Cemetery |
| Family with Roscoe Otis Shaver |
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Roscoe Otis Shaver Birth: September 1, 1894 22 20 — Texas, United States Death: June 19, 1962 — Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States |
| herself |
Retta Bowman Oliver Birth: about 1908 — Texas, United States Death: July 14, 1991 |
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Marriage: November 10, 1928 — Brownwood, Brown, Texas, United States |
| Family with Henry Carleton Brown |
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Henry Carleton Brown Death: |
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Retta Bowman Oliver Birth: about 1908 — Texas, United States Death: July 14, 1991 |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
James Nebron Shaver Birth: July 24, 1925 17 — Texas, United States Death: July 25, 1958 — Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Roscoe Otis Shaver - Household
Green Loaf Street Brownwood, Brown, Texas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Roscoe Otis Shaver - Household
Brownwood, Brown, Texas
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