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Wanda Fay FrenchAge: 47 years19291976

Name
Wanda Fay French
Given names
Wanda Fay
Surname
French
Married name
Wanda Fay Potter
Birth June 6, 1929 20 14
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 months)

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 brotherBobbie Joe French
June 7, 1933 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Louise French
September 21, 1935 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJerry Leon French
April 3, 1938 (Age 8 years)
twin: Geraldine French
Birth of a sisterGeraldine French
April 3, 1938 (Age 8 years)
twin: Jerry Leon French
Birth of a sisterPatsey Sue French
January 13, 1940 (Age 10 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 paternal grandfatherRobert Allen French
March 21, 1947 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 20 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 brotherJerry Leon French
October 8, 1959 (Age 30 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Death of a fatherLeslie Charles French
October 30, 1964 (Age 35 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSylvia Leona Benton
February 15, 1973 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 September 4, 1976 (Age 47 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Santa Maria Cemetery District
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Wanda Fay French
Birth: June 6, 1929 20 14Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 4, 1976Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
Bobbie Joe French
Birth: June 7, 1933 24 18St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Death: April 17, 1994Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Margaret Louise French
Birth: September 21, 1935 26 20Kansas, United States
Death: December 14, 2011Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jerry Leon French
Birth: April 3, 1938 29 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 8, 1959Ventura, California, United States
younger sister
Geraldine French
Birth: April 3, 1938 29 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 9, 2010Josephine, Oregon, United States
21 months
younger sister
Patsey Sue French
Birth: January 13, 1940 31 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 1, 2011Missouri, United States
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Joseph Edgar Potter Sr.
Birth: June 27, 1923Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1985San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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Wanda Fay French
Birth: June 6, 1929 20 14Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 4, 1976Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Joseph Edgar Potter Sr.
Birth: June 27, 1923Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1985San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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Wanda Fay French has 20 first cousins recorded

Father's family (20)

Parents Richard William Davis + Gladys Opal French
3Lillie Leona Davis19312006
4Charles Ray Davis19372003
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6Larry Dale Davis19432014
Parents Bernie Dean French + Helen Ordrene Porter
1Donald Dean French19351986
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Parents Robert Eugene “Bob” Davis + Billie B French
1Sylvia Jean Davis19351980
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Parents William Richard French + Florence Lorraine Neugent
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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Charles French - Household

115 S. Ella Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
French, Leslie CheadMW31M7MOSt. JoeBuchananMOMinerLead & Zinc Mining
French, MaewifeFW24M5KSSt. JoeBuchananMO
French, WandadaughterFW9S2OKSt. JoeBuchananMO
French, Bobbie JoesonMW6SMOSt. JoeBuchananMO
French, MargaretdaughterFW4SMO
French, JerrysonMW1SOK
French, GeraldinedaughterFW1SOK
French, Patsey SuedaughterFW3mSOK