Harold Lavern VanGundyAge: 72 years1915–1987
- Name
- Harold Lavern VanGundy
- Given names
- Harold Lavern
- Surname
- VanGundy
 Birth | April 20, 1915 22 20 |
 Birth of a sister | Virginia Faye VanGundy September 18, 1916 (Age 16 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 months)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 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 |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 2 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 16, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Melissa Troutman February 7, 1920 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Elbert Marion “Bud” Potter March 10, 1925 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 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 grandfather | Glen Samuel VanGundy January 6, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Benjamin Franklin Rouch August 27, 1930 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 | Mary Elizabeth Dougherty — View this family June 14, 1946 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Olive Lorena Stitt January 15, 1948 (Age 32 years) |
| Census | April 27, 1950 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 father | Benjamin Harold VanGundy June 27, 1964 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | Burton Lee VanGundy March 30, 1967 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 mother | Ella Myrtle Rouch October 1986 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | June 4, 1987 (Age 72 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Live Oak Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Benjamin Harold VanGundy Birth: September 20, 1892 28 20 — Kansas, United States Death: June 27, 1964 — Arkansas, United States |
| mother |
Ella Myrtle Rouch Birth: May 31, 1894 37 35 — Macon, Illinois, United States Death: October 1986 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
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Marriage: April 13, 1913 — Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States |
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8 months elder brother |
Burton Lee VanGundy Birth: December 10, 1913 21 19 — Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States Death: March 30, 1967 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
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16 months himself |
Harold Lavern VanGundy Birth: April 20, 1915 22 20 — Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States Death: June 4, 1987 — Volusia, Florida, United States |
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17 months younger sister |
Virginia Faye VanGundy Birth: September 18, 1916 23 22 — Oklahoma, United States Death: April 8, 2003 — Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States |
| Mother’s family with Elbert Thomas Potter |
| step-father |
Elbert Thomas Potter Birth: March 27, 1884 40 33 — Greenfield, Dade, Missouri, United States Death: March 6, 1952 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
| mother |
Ella Myrtle Rouch Birth: May 31, 1894 37 35 — Macon, Illinois, United States Death: October 1986 — Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States |
| half-brother |
Elbert Marion “Bud” Potter Birth: March 10, 1925 40 30 — Mulhall, Logan, Oklahoma, United States Death: July 4, 2004 — Attica, Harper, Kansas, United States |
| half-sister |
Private |
| Family with Mary Elizabeth Dougherty |
| himself |
Harold Lavern VanGundy Birth: April 20, 1915 22 20 — Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States Death: June 4, 1987 — Volusia, Florida, United States |
| wife |
Mary Elizabeth Dougherty Birth: August 17, 1919 32 25 — Suwannee, Florida, United States Death: September 28, 1993 — Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States |
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Marriage: June 14, 1946 — Washington, Arkansas, United States |
Harold Lavern VanGundy has 16 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (16)
Parents Lester Ekiss + Eva Lee Rouch
Parents Orval Thomas McKissick + Anna Mae Rouch
Parents Walter Ernest Rouch + Etta Eldora Hudson
Parents Mark Arnold Rouch Sr + Wynona Mae Barnard
Parents Harrison Leroy Clark + Cora Grace Rouch
Parents Bruce Randolph McGee + Mildred Pearl “Millie” Rouch
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Harold VanGundy - Household
ED 218 Clinton, Custer, Oklahoma, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Harold Lavern VanGundy - Household
Washington State Reformatory Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Harold Lavern VanGundy - Household
Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States
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