Myrtle GentleAge: 57 years1908–1965
- Name
- Myrtle Gentle
- Given names
- Myrtle
- Surname
- Gentle
 Birth | about 1908 26 22 |
 Census | April 10, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a brother | Howard Burton Gentle Sr. March 10, 1911 (Age 3 years) |
| Death of a father | Nuton Augustus “Gus” Gentle April 23, 1912 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 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 10 years) Cause: Leukemia |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 10, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Augustine America “Gussie” Shemwell April 19, 1921 (Age 13 years) Cause: Senile Dementia |
| Death of a brother | Norris Gentle April 26, 1922 (Age 14 years) Cause: Brights Disease |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James William Hester July 2, 1926 (Age 18 years) Cause: Dysentery |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Alfred Caldwell Gentle May 26, 1931 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Arminda Glidewell February 19, 1941 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 | after 1965 (Age 57 years) Note: Found on Ancestry can't verify -b |
| 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 elder sister |
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 elder 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 elder 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 herself |
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 |
Myrtle 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 - James William Hester - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
Arthur next door | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death | Found on Ancestry can't verify -b |