Dorothy Bettye PearceAge: 69 years1922–1991
- Name
- Dorothy Bettye Pearce
- Given names
- Dorothy Bettye
- Surname
- Pearce
- Married name
- Dorothy Bettye Rives
 Birth | March 1, 1922 22 19 |
 Death of a father | Roy W Ward June 10, 1928 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 7 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 8, 1930 (Age 8 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Starling Charles Pearce — Maude Lillian Comley — View this family after 1930 (Age 7 years) |
| Census | April 4, 1940 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 19 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 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 27 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 husband | Benjamin Shore Rives March 5, 1962 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 23 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 brother | Roy Ward Pearce Sr. June 18, 1991 (Age 69 years) |
 Death | September 10, 1991 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Florida National Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Roy W Ward Birth: December 25, 1899 — Salem, Dent, Missouri, United States Death: June 10, 1928 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Maude Lillian Comley Birth: December 11, 1902 — St Louis, Missouri, United States Death: November 3, 1993 — Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, United States |
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Marriage: about 1919 — |
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2 months elder brother |
Roy Ward Pearce Sr. Birth: February 21, 1919 19 16 — St Louis, Missouri, United States Death: June 18, 1991 — Ft. Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States |
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3 years herself |
Dorothy Bettye Pearce Birth: March 1, 1922 22 19 — St Louis, Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1991 — Broward, Florida, United States |
| Mother’s family with Starling Charles Pearce |
| step-father |
Starling Charles Pearce Birth: February 8, 1903 39 30 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: November 20, 1981 — Broward, Florida, United States |
| mother |
Maude Lillian Comley Birth: December 11, 1902 — St Louis, Missouri, United States Death: November 3, 1993 — Gainesville, Alachua, Florida, United States |
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Marriage: after 1930 — |
| Family with Benjamin Shore Rives |
| husband |
Benjamin Shore Rives Birth: July 29, 1922 — St Louis, Missouri, United States Death: March 5, 1962 — Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States |
| herself |
Dorothy Bettye Pearce Birth: March 1, 1922 22 19 — St Louis, Missouri, United States Death: September 10, 1991 — Broward, Florida, United States |
| son |
Private |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Maude Lillian Comley - Household
4948 Potomac St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Starling Charles Pearce - Household
928 Cass West Plains, Howell, Missouri
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