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Ethel Linda “Ethie” ThweattAge: 99 years19042004

Name
Ethel Linda “Ethie” Thweatt
Given names
Ethel Linda
Surname
Thweatt
Married name
Ethel Linda Bohannon
Nickname
Ethie
Birth April 18, 1904 36
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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/
MarriageRaymond BohannonView this family
August 27, 1925 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 25 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 motherZora Bell Jones
October 17, 1945 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 41 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 husbandRaymond Bohannon
July 2, 1980 (Age 76 years)
Death January 18, 2004 (Age 99 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Zion Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Zora Bell Jones
Birth: December 4, 1867Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 17, 1945Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
herself
Ethel Linda “Ethie” Thweatt
Birth: April 18, 1904 36Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 2004Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with Raymond Bohannon - View this family
husband
Raymond Bohannon
Birth: June 15, 1903 31 35Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 2, 1980Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
herself
Ethel Linda “Ethie” Thweatt
Birth: April 18, 1904 36Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 18, 2004Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: August 27, 1925Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Raymond Bohannon - Household

Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Bohannon, RaymondheadMW26M22KYKYKYFarmerFarm
Bohannon, EthawifeFW25M21KYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Raymond Bohannon - Household

Benton Mayfield Road Marshall, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Bohannon, RaymondheadMW36MKYRFarmerFarm
Bohannon, EtheawifeFW35MKYR
Thweatt, Zora Bmother in lawFW72MKYR