Meda WattsAge: 69 years1893–1962
- Name
- Meda Watts
- Given names
- Meda
- Surname
- Watts
- Married name
- Meda Alford
 Birth | October 23, 1893 29 24 |
 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 |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 20, 1920 (Age 26 years) Note: Cora & Meda the same person?… Meda is in the all but the 1920 Census records. Cora suddenly appears only in the 1920 and then disappears again. -b |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Amanda J “Mandy” Shemwell February 8, 1922 (Age 28 years) Cause: Influenza & bronco infection |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Wesley Freeman May 9, 1923 (Age 29 years) |
 Marriage | Bert Alford — View this family estimated 1925 (Age 31 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 |
| Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edward Dillard “Dill” Watts May 8, 1937 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a father | William Clark Watts November 20, 1938 (Age 45 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 mother | Sarah Ann “Anna” Freeman 1959 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 | November 10, 1962 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Palmetto Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Clark Watts Birth: March 1864 — Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States Death: November 20, 1938 — Greene, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ann “Anna” Freeman Birth: February 1869 24 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1959 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 5, 1885 — Christian, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Edward Dillard “Dill” Watts Birth: March 26, 1888 24 19 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: May 8, 1937 — Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Claude Everett Watts Birth: September 24, 1890 26 21 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: June 1967 — Rogersville, Christian, Missouri, United States |
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3 years herself |
Meda Watts Birth: October 23, 1893 29 24 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: November 10, 1962 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Bert Alford |
| husband |
Bert Alford Birth: September 1, 1885 — Missouri, United States Death: May 1964 |
| herself |
Meda Watts Birth: October 23, 1893 29 24 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: November 10, 1962 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1925 — |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Clark Watts - Household
West Benton, Webster, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Clark Watts - Household
West Benton, Webster, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Clark Watts - Household
West Benton, Webster, Missouri
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| Census | Cora & Meda the same person?… Meda is in the all but the 1920 Census records. Cora suddenly appears only in the 1920 and then disappears again. -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Bert Alford - Household
Washington, Greene, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Bert Alford - Household
Washington, Greene, Missouri
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