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Mary Elizabeth DoughertyAge: 74 years19191993

Name
Mary Elizabeth Dougherty
Given names
Mary Elizabeth
Surname
Dougherty
Married name
Mary Elizabeth VanGundy
Birth August 17, 1919 32 25
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 4 months)
Death of a motherElizabeth F Baisden
October 22, 1921 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 fatherEmory Franklin Dougherty
November 6, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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
MarriageHarold Lavern VanGundyView this family
June 14, 1946 (Age 26 years)
Census April 27, 1950 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 husbandHarold Lavern VanGundy
June 4, 1987 (Age 67 years)
Death September 28, 1993 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Live Oak Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Emory Franklin Dougherty
Birth: September 4, 1886Macon, Georgia, United States
Death: November 6, 1940Suwannee, Florida, United States
mother
Elizabeth F Baisden
Birth: December 4, 1893Florida, United States
Death: October 22, 1921Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States
Marriage: 1914Suwannee, Florida, United States
6 years
herself
Mary Elizabeth Dougherty
Birth: August 17, 1919 32 25Suwannee, Florida, United States
Death: September 28, 1993Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States
Family with Harold Lavern VanGundy - View this family
husband
Harold Lavern VanGundy
Birth: April 20, 1915 22 20Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 4, 1987Volusia, Florida, United States
herself
Mary Elizabeth Dougherty
Birth: August 17, 1919 32 25Suwannee, Florida, United States
Death: September 28, 1993Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States
Marriage: June 14, 1946Washington, Arkansas, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emory Franklin Dougherty - Household

Live Oak, Suwannee, Florida, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Dougherty, Emory FheadOMMW30MYesYesGASCGAYesManagerAutomobile AgencyOA
Dougherty, Lizzie BwifeFW26MYesYesFLFLFLYesNone
Dougherty, Emery JrsonMW4SFLFLFLNone
Dougherty, DeliadaughterFW2SFLFLFLNone
Dougherty, Mary EdaughterFW0 years 5 monthsSFLGAFLNone

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Harold Lavern VanGundy - Household

Lake City, Columbia, Florida, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
VanGundy, Harold LheadMW35MarOKWK50SalesmanMachinery CoP
VanGundy, Mary EwifeFW30MarFLWK40Registered NurseV.A. HopsitalG