Gladys Myrtle AllenAge: 96 years1896–1992
- Name
- Gladys Myrtle Allen
- Given names
- Gladys Myrtle
- Surname
- Allen
- Married name
- Gladys Myrtle Ford
 Birth | October 11, 1896 40 38 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 months)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 |
 Census | June 11, 1900 (Age 3 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | John Franklin Driskill April 18, 1902 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ethel Allen June 4, 1906 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | April 25, 1910 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Sophrona Kitchens December 19, 1912 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 | Chloe P Ford — View this family estimated 1919 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | James Durwood Ford October 19, 1919 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a son | James Durwood Ford October 19, 1919 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Chloe Helen Ford June 30, 1922 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Brandt “Bill” Ford Sr. October 22, 1926 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 32 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 father | James Nathan Allen Jr. December 3, 1929 (Age 33 years) |
| Death of a mother | Louisa Alverta “Lou” Driskill February 28, 1930 (Age 33 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1930 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Anne Allen Ford March 22, 1933 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mary Jo Ford August 18, 1935 (Age 38 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1940 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | James Stephen “Steve” Davenport July 14, 1952 (Age 55 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 brother | James Orville “Shep” Allen May 26, 1959 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Daniel Lehman Harrison September 21, 1961 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Wade Collins — Anne Allen Ford — View this family May 19, 1973 (Age 76 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 daughter | Anne Allen Ford May 27, 1977 (Age 80 years) |
| Death of a husband | Chloe P Ford May 15, 1992 (Age 95 years) |
 Death | December 26, 1992 (Age 96 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Nathan Allen Jr. Birth: December 1855 33 26 — Smith, Tennessee, United States Death: December 3, 1929 — Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Louisa Alverta “Lou” Driskill Birth: February 23, 1858 29 29 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: February 28, 1930 — Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 31, 1884 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Mary Ethel Allen Birth: January 1, 1885 29 26 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 4, 1906 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years elder brother |
James Orville “Shep” Allen Birth: September 10, 1890 34 32 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 26, 1959 — Stanford, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years herself |
Gladys Myrtle Allen Birth: October 11, 1896 40 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 26, 1992 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Chloe P Ford |
| husband |
Chloe P Ford Birth: September 5, 1897 33 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: May 15, 1992 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Gladys Myrtle Allen Birth: October 11, 1896 40 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 26, 1992 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1919 — |
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10 months son |
James Durwood Ford Birth: October 19, 1919 22 23 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: October 19, 1919 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Chloe Helen Ford Birth: June 30, 1922 24 25 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 7, 2013 — Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years son |
William Brandt “Bill” Ford Sr. Birth: October 22, 1926 29 30 — Ohio, Kentucky, United States Death: March 25, 2006 — Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years daughter |
Anne Allen Ford Birth: March 22, 1933 35 36 — Pulaski, Kentucky, United States Death: May 27, 1977 — Lawrenceburg, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mary Jo Ford Birth: August 18, 1935 37 38 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: June 3, 1994 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Nathan Allen Jr. - Household
Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Chloe P Ford - Household
Pulaski, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Chloe P Ford - Household
1232 Laurel Avenue Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
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