Mary Catherine GrossAge: 88 years1875–1963
- Name
- Mary Catherine Gross
- Given names
- Mary Catherine
- Surname
- Gross
- Married name
- Mary Catherine Thomas
 Birth | 1875 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Richard “Dick” Thomas — View this family March 17, 1896 (Age 21 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Leo Martin Thomas August 22, 1897 (Age 22 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Divorce | Richard “Dick” Thomas — View this family before 1906 (Age 31 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Leo Martin Thomas — Hazel B Belveal — View this family October 28, 1916 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Leo Martin Thomas — Roxie Anna Bailey — View this family July 23, 1929 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 54 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 66 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 husband | Richard “Dick” Thomas September 6, 1949 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 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 71 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 | December 30, 1963 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Seward Cemetery |
| Family with Richard “Dick” Thomas |
| ex-husband |
Richard “Dick” Thomas Birth: April 11, 1872 34 36 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 6, 1949 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
| herself |
Mary Catherine Gross Birth: 1875 — Illinois, United States Death: December 30, 1963 — Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: March 17, 1896 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Divorce: before 1906 — Oklahoma, United States |
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17 months son |
Leo Martin Thomas Birth: August 22, 1897 25 22 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: March 6, 1970 — Chetopa, Labette, Kansas, United States |
| Richard “Dick” Thomas + Mary Geneva “Mamie” Russell |
| ex-husband |
Richard “Dick” Thomas Birth: April 11, 1872 34 36 — Saline, Missouri, United States Death: September 6, 1949 — Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Mary Geneva “Mamie” Russell Birth: March 1874 — Kentucky, United States Death: September 29, 1949 — Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: July 28, 1906 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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9 months step-daughter |
Goldie Thomas Birth: May 8, 1907 35 33 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: December 5, 1956 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Everett Guy Thomas Birth: February 21, 1910 37 35 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: May 30, 1990 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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4 years step-daughter |
Marjorie Ellen Thomas Birth: August 25, 1913 41 39 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: November 1, 1989 — Del City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |