Mable Ruth GentleAge: 86 years1902–1989
- Name
- Mable Ruth Gentle
- Given names
- Mable Ruth
- Surname
- Gentle
- Married name
- Mable Ruth Cornelius
 Birth | September 30, 1902 21 17 |
 Birth of a brother | Norris Gentle December 30, 1905 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Clifford Gentle January 6, 1907 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Myrtle Gentle about 1908 (Age 5 years) |
 Census | April 10, 1910 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Howard Burton Gentle Sr. March 10, 1911 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a father | Nuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle April 23, 1912 (Age 9 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 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 brother | Clifford Gentle May 20, 1918 (Age 15 years) Cause: Leukemia |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 15 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 7, 1920 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Donald Winfred Cornelius October 15, 1920 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell April 19, 1921 (Age 18 years) Cause: Senile Dementia |
| Death of a brother | Norris Gentle April 26, 1922 (Age 19 years) Cause: Brights Disease |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James William Hester July 2, 1926 (Age 23 years) Cause: Dysentery |
| Birth of a son #2 | Kingsford Cornelius April 16, 1929 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 27 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 27 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Alfred Caldwell Gentle May 26, 1931 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | George Thomas Cornelius November 23, 1936 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Arminda Glidewell February 19, 1941 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 |
| Death of a mother | Mattie Stella Hester May 6, 1949 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a son | Donald Winfred Cornelius July 11, 1953 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | John Wayne Cornelius October 4, 1962 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a sister | Myrtle Gentle after 1965 (Age 62 years) Note: Found on Ancestry can't verify -b |
| Death of a husband | Eldon Cornelius April 9, 1969 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 son | George Thomas Cornelius September 15, 1982 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a brother | Howard Burton Gentle Sr. November 1984 (Age 82 years) |
 Death | August 14, 1989 (Age 86 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Louisville Memorial Gardens East |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Nuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle Birth: September 16, 1881 28 22 — Clinton, Kentucky, United States Death: April 23, 1912 — Robertson, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Mattie Stella Hester Birth: September 2, 1885 38 39 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: May 6, 1949 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1901 — |
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21 months herself |
Mable Ruth Gentle Birth: September 30, 1902 21 17 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 14, 1989 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Norris Gentle Birth: December 30, 1905 24 20 — Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: April 26, 1922 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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1 year younger brother |
Clifford Gentle Birth: January 6, 1907 25 21 — Lot, Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: May 20, 1918 — Todd, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Myrtle Gentle Birth: about 1908 26 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: after 1965 — Michigan, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Howard Burton Gentle Sr. Birth: March 10, 1911 29 25 — Whitley, Kentucky, United States Death: November 1984 — Big Run, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Family with Eldon Cornelius |
| husband |
Eldon Cornelius Birth: September 22, 1900 — Kentucky, United States Death: April 9, 1969 — Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino, California, United States |
| herself |
Mable Ruth Gentle Birth: September 30, 1902 21 17 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: August 14, 1989 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Donald Winfred Cornelius Birth: October 15, 1920 20 18 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: July 11, 1953 |
| son |
Private |
| son |
Kingsford Cornelius Birth: April 16, 1929 28 26 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: February 12, 2013 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years son |
George Thomas Cornelius Birth: November 23, 1936 36 34 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: September 15, 1982 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
Mable Ruth Gentle has 13 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (13)
Parents Arthur Clinton Hester + Elizabeth “Lizzie” Harris
Parents Alton Bell Hester + Moodie B Templeton
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Nuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle - Household
Says Walter is son, Nuton not old enough, 1st marriage(M1) and Mattie has only 4 children.. best guess brother -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Eldon Cornelius - Household
Waverly Ave Toledo, Lucas, Ohio
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