Retha Meda WattsAge: 64 years1913–1978
- Name
- Retha Meda Watts
- Given names
- Retha Meda
- Surname
- Watts
 Birth | December 26, 1913 23 24 |
 Marriage of parents | Claude Everett Watts — Philadelphia Ann “Delphia” Garrett — View this family estimated 1913 |
| Birth of a sister | Goldie Helen Watts May 1, 1916 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Goldie Helen Watts February 17, 1918 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 26, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Yvonne Watts March 3, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Carl Ray “Bob” Watts December 15, 1922 (Age 8 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 15 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 11, 1930 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Clark Watts November 20, 1938 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 10, 1940 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 36 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 | Sarah Ann “Anna” Freeman 1959 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a father | Claude Everett Watts June 1967 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Philadelphia Ann “Delphia” Garrett March 1975 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 | January 31, 1978 (Age 64 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Watts Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Claude Everett Watts Birth: September 24, 1890 26 21 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: June 1967 — Rogersville, Christian, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Philadelphia Ann “Delphia” Garrett Birth: September 28, 1889 — Eglenton, Taney, Missouri, United States Death: March 1975 — Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1913 — |
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1 year herself |
Retha Meda Watts Birth: December 26, 1913 23 24 — Missouri, United States Death: January 31, 1978 — Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Goldie Helen Watts Birth: May 1, 1916 25 26 — Missouri, United States Death: February 17, 1918 — Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Yvonne Watts Birth: March 3, 1920 29 30 — Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States Death: June 28, 2014 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Carl Ray “Bob” Watts Birth: December 15, 1922 32 33 — Rogersville, Greene, Missouri, United States Death: July 7, 1991 — Rogersville, Greene, Missouri, United States |
Retha Meda Watts has 3 first cousins recorded
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Claude E Watts - Household
Washington, Greene, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Claude E Watts - Household
Washington, Greene, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Claude E Watts - Household
Washington, Greene, Missouri
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