Elsie Agnes GrayAge: 69 years1907–1977
- Name
- Elsie Agnes Gray
- Given names
- Elsie Agnes
- Surname
- Gray
- Married name
- Elsie Agnes Swain
 Birth | November 4, 1907 35 29 |
 Census | May 8, 1910 (Age 2 years) |
 Birth of a sister | Hettie Lucille Gray March 28, 1912 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Ponder Kittrell Gray January 19, 1914 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Bonnie Juanita Gray October 17, 1918 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 12, 1920 (Age 12 years) |
 Marriage | Jesse Roland Swain — View this family March 26, 1923 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Mary Ethel Swain September 21, 1924 (Age 16 years) |
| Death of a father | James Anderson Gray May 9, 1927 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 9, 1930 (Age 22 years) |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 mother | Ethel Miami Pulliam April 11, 1964 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clarence Otho Gray May 23, 1970 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 | July 6, 1977 (Age 69 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Anderson Gray Birth: November 18, 1871 — Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States Death: May 9, 1927 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ethel Miami Pulliam Birth: February 14, 1878 30 24 — Missouri, United States Death: April 11, 1964 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 8, 1896 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States |
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9 months elder brother |
Clarence Otho Gray Birth: September 30, 1896 24 18 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: May 23, 1970 — Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Dorothy Duffle Gray Birth: March 16, 1901 29 23 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: December 25, 1980 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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7 years herself |
Elsie Agnes Gray Birth: November 4, 1907 35 29 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: July 6, 1977 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Hettie Lucille Gray Birth: March 28, 1912 40 34 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: June 1986 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Ponder Kittrell Gray Birth: January 19, 1914 42 35 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: June 5, 1986 — Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Bonnie Juanita Gray Birth: October 17, 1918 46 40 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: November 15, 2004 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Jesse Roland Swain |
| husband |
Jesse Roland Swain Birth: August 18, 1898 — Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States Death: April 19, 1990 — St. Louis City, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Elsie Agnes Gray Birth: November 4, 1907 35 29 — Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States Death: July 6, 1977 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 26, 1923 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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18 months daughter |
Mary Ethel Swain Birth: September 21, 1924 26 16 — Missouri, United States Death: March 8, 2023 — Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, United States |
Elsie Agnes Gray has 12 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (12)
Parents Jerry Newman Pearce + Lurannah Ann “Lou” Pulliam
Parents Thomas Henry Thorn + Emily Birdie Pulliam
Parents Benjamin Marvin Pulliam + Nellie Woodworth
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Gray - Household
Walmet Padige & Portia Wine Road Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Gray - Household
110 Eleventh Street Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Roland Swain - Household
Herkrey St. Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Ethel Miami Pulliam - Household
110 Eleventh Street Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri
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