Nettie May PotterAge: 93 years1903–1997
- Name
- Nettie May Potter
- Given names
- Nettie May
- Surname
- Potter
- Married name
- Nettie May Mercer
 Birth | August 5, 1903 29 23 |
 Birth of a sister | Vinita Francis Potter June 14, 1906 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Frances Bruce January 7, 1908 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | April 26, 1910 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 9, 1920 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James William Mercer January 4, 1923 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jack Boyd Mercer May 20, 1927 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Jacob Potter December 11, 1928 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 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 9, 1930 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Sharon Mercer February 11, 1944 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 granddaughter #2 | Sonja K Mercer February 18, 1950 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 56 years) |
| Death of a father | James Bruce Potter May 15, 1962 (Age 58 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ora Bell Potter September 10, 1962 (Age 59 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 husband | William Walter Mercer June 21, 1976 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Octa Potter April 21, 1979 (Age 75 years) |
| Death of a son | James William Mercer August 22, 1980 (Age 77 years) |
 Death | February 3, 1997 (Age 93 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 elder sister |
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 herself |
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 Walter Mercer |
| husband |
William Walter Mercer Birth: February 17, 1898 — Clarksburg, Moniteau, Missouri, United States Death: June 21, 1976 — Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Nettie May Potter Birth: August 5, 1903 29 23 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: February 3, 1997 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
| son |
James William Mercer Birth: January 4, 1923 24 19 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: August 22, 1980 |
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4 years son |
Jack Boyd Mercer Birth: May 20, 1927 29 23 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: April 1, 1999 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States |
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| son |
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Nettie May 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 | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Bruce Potter - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Walter Mercer - Household
Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri
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