Harry Leroy “Pete” PowerAge: 78 years1893–1971
- Name
- Harry Leroy “Pete” Power
- Given names
- Harry Leroy
- Surname
- Power
- Nickname
- Pete
 Birth | May 23, 1893 37 28 |
 Birth of a sister | Beulah Grace Power October 18, 1895 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)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 |
| Death of a mother | Anna Grace Jones March 22, 1899 (Age 5 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Charles Lear Power — Nellie Davis — View this family September 8, 1899 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | June 4, 1900 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Anna Lear September 27, 1908 (Age 15 years) |
| Census | April 18, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 25, 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Charles Lear Power September 5, 1921 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Glen Edward Power November 27, 1925 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | Carrol Ray Power October 5, 1937 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | Charles Lear Power June 16, 1942 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 |
| Census | April 6, 1950 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 | Clarence Leslie Power December 17, 1962 (Age 69 years) |
| Death of a wife | Lula Mae Horn June 6, 1967 (Age 74 years) |
| Death of a sister | Bertha Estella Power November 29, 1968 (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Charles Lear Power — Wanda Opal Nickerson — View this family September 4, 1970 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 | June 24, 1971 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Alfalfa Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Charles Lear Power Birth: January 5, 1856 34 26 — Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States Death: June 16, 1942 — Carnegie, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States |
| mother |
Anna Grace Jones Birth: December 5, 1864 — Weymouth, Nova Scotia Death: March 22, 1899 — Byars, Marion, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: September 26, 1883 — Canton, McPherson, Kansas, United States |
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5 years elder sister |
Bertha Estella Power Birth: March 24, 1888 32 23 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: November 29, 1968 — Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
Clarence Leslie Power Birth: February 1, 1890 34 25 — Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States Death: December 17, 1962 — Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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3 years himself |
Harry Leroy “Pete” Power Birth: May 23, 1893 37 28 — Illinois, United States Death: June 24, 1971 — Carnegie, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Beulah Grace Power Birth: October 18, 1895 39 30 — Byars, Marion, Illinois, United States Death: February 5, 1984 — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
| Father’s family with Nellie Davis |
| father |
Charles Lear Power Birth: January 5, 1856 34 26 — Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States Death: June 16, 1942 — Carnegie, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States |
| step-mother |
Nellie Davis Birth: July 31, 1873 Death: May 1, 1900 |
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Marriage: September 8, 1899 — Jefferson, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Lula Mae Horn |
| himself |
Harry Leroy “Pete” Power Birth: May 23, 1893 37 28 — Illinois, United States Death: June 24, 1971 — Carnegie, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States |
| wife |
Lula Mae Horn Birth: November 5, 1899 — Fairfield, Freestone, Texas, United States Death: June 6, 1967 — Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States |
| son |
Charles Lear Power Birth: September 5, 1921 28 21 — Carnegie, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States Death: July 2, 1989 — New Mexico, United States |
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4 years son |
Glen Edward Power Birth: November 27, 1925 32 26 — Carnegie, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States Death: July 6, 1999 — Hardin, Big Horn, Montana, United States |
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12 years son |
Carrol Ray Power Birth: October 5, 1937 44 37 — Oklahoma, United States Death: March 8, 2014 — Hinton, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
Harry Leroy “Pete” Power has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (15)
Parents Henry Clay Power + Ida Elvira McMeen
Parents Richard Yates Power + Mabel Olive Crane
Parents Augustus Turner Burch + Harriet Lear “Hattie” Power
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lear Power - Household
Farrington, Jefferson, Illinois
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Lear Power - Household
Swan Lake, Caddo, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Louis A Thys - Household
Swan Lake, Caddo, Oklahoma
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Leroy “Pete” Power - Household
Swan Lake, Caddo, Oklahoma
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