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Margaret Katherine GregoryAge: 68 years19161985

Name
Margaret Katherine Gregory
Given names
Margaret Katherine
Surname
Gregory
Married name
Margaret Katherine Murian
Birth June 8, 1916 27 22
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 6 months)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 18 months)

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 grandfatherJohn W Gregory
February 11, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Cause: Carcinoma of the face
Census April 6, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAlmorinda Jane “Alma” Christian
November 30, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 fatherDow Owen Gregory
1964 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherMable Pauline McCollum
September 14, 1972 (Age 56 years)
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 husbandRichard Miller Murian
February 23, 1978 (Age 61 years)
Death February 23, 1985 (Age 68 years)
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father
Dow Owen Gregory
Birth: April 18, 1889 33 36Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1964East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
mother
Mable Pauline McCollum
Birth: June 24, 1893Lyon, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 14, 1972McCracken, Kentucky, United States
herself
Margaret Katherine Gregory
Birth: June 8, 1916 27 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 23, 1985Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
sister
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husband
Richard Miller Murian
Birth: November 22, 1912Illinois, United States
Death: February 23, 1978Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Margaret Katherine Gregory
Birth: June 8, 1916 27 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 23, 1985Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
son
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