Gretchen Lineve “Peck” JohnsonAge: 78 years1910–1989
- Name
- Gretchen Lineve “Peck” Johnson
- Given names
- Gretchen Lineve
- Surname
- Johnson
- Nickname
- Peck
- Married name
- Gretchen Lineve Edwards
 Birth | October 15, 1910 28 28 |
 Birth of a brother | Henry Durwood Johnson July 24, 1913 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Alberta Jean Johnson October 20, 1915 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Reginald Benjamin “Bennie” Johnson July 30, 1921 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Lewis Henry Johnson March 8, 1924 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | Orvin Wickliffe “Edd” Edwards — View this family estimated 1929 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 18 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Billie Faye Edwards March 14, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Census | April 5, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Eloise “Weezie” Edwards July 3, 1932 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mary Adeline “Molly” Driskill February 12, 1934 (Age 23 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Thomas Elbert Austin Jr. — Billie Faye Edwards — View this family August 9, 1947 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 | Everad Laurane Johnson August 9, 1954 (Age 43 years) |
| Death of a mother | Etha Ola Missouri Tate April 24, 1956 (Age 45 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Billie Faye Edwards October 28, 1963 (Age 53 years) Cause: Auto Accident |
| Death of a father | Evarad Eugene “Gene” Johnson September 9, 1967 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 sister | Alberta Jean Johnson July 25, 1980 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | August 11, 1989 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Evarad Eugene “Gene” Johnson Birth: October 25, 1881 41 38 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: September 9, 1967 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Etha Ola Missouri Tate Birth: March 28, 1882 31 29 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 24, 1956 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: March 19, 1903 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Everad Laurane Johnson Birth: July 26, 1905 23 23 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: August 9, 1954 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Mary Catherine Johnson Birth: March 18, 1908 26 25 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: July 6, 1908 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years herself |
Gretchen Lineve “Peck” Johnson Birth: October 15, 1910 28 28 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1989 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Henry Durwood Johnson Birth: July 24, 1913 31 31 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: March 15, 2000 — Lilburn, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Alberta Jean Johnson Birth: October 20, 1915 33 33 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: July 25, 1980 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Reginald Benjamin “Bennie” Johnson Birth: July 30, 1921 39 39 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 2009 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Orvin Wickliffe “Edd” Edwards |
| husband |
Orvin Wickliffe “Edd” Edwards Birth: September 7, 1902 — Kentucky, United States Death: January 9, 1992 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Gretchen Lineve “Peck” Johnson Birth: October 15, 1910 28 28 — White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: August 11, 1989 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1929 — |
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14 months daughter |
Billie Faye Edwards Birth: March 14, 1930 27 19 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: October 28, 1963 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Eloise “Weezie” Edwards Birth: July 3, 1932 29 21 — Hopkins, Kentucky, United States Death: January 5, 2008 — Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Evarad Eugene “Gene” Johnson - Household
Railroad Street Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Orvin Wickliffe “Edd” Edwards - Household
89 Mill Street White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Orvin Wickliffe “Edd” Edwards - Household
State Street Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky
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