Bertha Leona “Bertie” CowelAge: 92 years1899–1992
- Name
- Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel
- Given names
- Bertha Leona
- Surname
- Cowel
- Nickname
- Bertie
- Married name
- Bertha Leona Krull
 Birth | August 18, 1899 25 23 |
 Census | May 2, 1910 (Age 10 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Curtis Parke October 4, 1912 (Age 13 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 14, 1920 (Age 20 years) |
 Marriage | Lawrence Lester “Lonnie” Krull — View this family March 27, 1927 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Bobby Gene Krull July 1, 1928 (Age 28 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 2, 1930 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a father | Walter Irving Cowel December 11, 1940 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 | Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke August 15, 1966 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 46 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 | Lawrence Lester “Lonnie” Krull January 28, 1987 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | February 25, 1992 (Age 92 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Curry Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Walter Irving Cowel Birth: October 15, 1873 — Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States Death: December 11, 1940 — Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Delilah Rose “Lila” Parke Birth: November 23, 1875 42 37 — Potosi, Linn, Kansas, United States Death: August 15, 1966 — Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: February 28, 1898 — Linn, Kansas, United States |
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18 months herself |
Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel Birth: August 18, 1899 25 23 — Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States Death: February 25, 1992 — Linn, Kansas, United States |
| Family with Lawrence Lester “Lonnie” Krull |
| husband |
Lawrence Lester “Lonnie” Krull Birth: July 16, 1899 — Linn, Kansas, United States Death: January 28, 1987 — Linn, Kansas, United States |
| herself |
Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel Birth: August 18, 1899 25 23 — Arkadelphia, Clark, Arkansas, United States Death: February 25, 1992 — Linn, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: March 27, 1927 — Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States |
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15 months son |
Bobby Gene Krull Birth: July 1, 1928 28 28 — Blue Mound, Linn, Kansas, United States Death: October 28, 2003 |
Bertha Leona “Bertie” Cowel has 4 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (4)
Parents William Anderson Cowel + Margaret Jane Parke
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter Irving Cowel - Household
Potosi, Linn, Kansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Walter Irving Cowel - Household
County Road Peoria, Maricopa, Arizona
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Lawrence Lester “Lonnie” Krull - Household
Stanton, Linn, Kansas
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