Octa PotterAge: 80 years1898–1979
- Name
- Octa Potter
- Given names
- Octa
- Surname
- Potter
- Married name
- Octa Strickfaden
 Birth | October 8, 1898 24 18 |
 Census | June 10, 1900 (Age 20 months) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah M “Sallie” Shemwell 1901 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Ishamel Higdon Whitlow June 5, 1903 (Age 4 years) Cause: Typhoid fever (Since May 22, 1903) |
| Birth of a sister | Nettie May Potter August 5, 1903 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Vinita Francis Potter June 14, 1906 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Frances Bruce January 7, 1908 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 11 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Religious marriage | William Lewis Strickfaden — View this family February 12, 1918 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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 | February 6, 1920 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Theola Strickfaden July 28, 1924 (Age 25 years) Note: 1919? |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Emma Lee Strickfaden October 23, 1926 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jacob Potter December 11, 1928 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 30 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 8, 1930 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Roger R Flynn — Emma Lee Strickfaden — View this family September 10, 1949 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 | Flora Dell Whitlow November 19, 1959 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a father | James Bruce Potter May 15, 1962 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ora Bell Potter September 10, 1962 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a husband | William Lewis Strickfaden July 13, 1963 (Age 64 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Theola Strickfaden June 28, 1970 (Age 71 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 21, 1979 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Peninsula Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Bruce Potter Birth: June 18, 1874 33 35 — Missouri, United States Death: May 15, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Flora Dell Whitlow Birth: July 6, 1880 24 18 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: November 19, 1959 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 21, 1896 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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9 months elder sister |
Ora Bell Potter Birth: July 28, 1897 23 17 — Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1962 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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14 months herself |
Octa Potter Birth: October 8, 1898 24 18 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 21, 1979 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Nettie May Potter Birth: August 5, 1903 29 23 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 3, 1997 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Vinita Francis Potter Birth: June 14, 1906 31 25 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 26, 2006 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with William Lewis Strickfaden |
| husband |
William Lewis Strickfaden Birth: March 24, 1899 — Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: July 13, 1963 — Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Octa Potter Birth: October 8, 1898 24 18 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 21, 1979 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: February 12, 1918 — Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Theola Strickfaden Birth: July 28, 1924 25 25 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: June 28, 1970 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Emma Lee Strickfaden Birth: October 23, 1926 27 28 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 13, 1994 — Bonner Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
Octa Potter has 14 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (14)
Parents Obie Reed Williams + Anna Louise “Dolly” Whitlow
Parents Dorsey John Whitlow + Myrtle “Mattie” Parks
Parents Henry Clay Whitlow + Nellie Elizabeth Mercer
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Lewis Strickfaden - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Louis Strickfaden - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Louis Strickfaden - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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