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Mary Ethel SwainAge: 98 years19242023

Name
Mary Ethel Swain
Given names
Mary Ethel
Surname
Swain
Married name
Mary Ethel Loughead
Birth September 21, 1924 26 16
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Anderson Gray
May 9, 1927 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 5 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 25 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 maternal grandmotherEthel Miami Pulliam
April 11, 1964 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 motherElsie Agnes Gray
July 6, 1977 (Age 52 years)
Death of a fatherJesse Roland Swain
April 19, 1990 (Age 65 years)
Death of a husbandJohn Robert Loughead
January 7, 2013 (Age 88 years)
Death March 8, 2023 (Age 98 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
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father
Jesse Roland Swain
Birth: August 18, 1898Blytheville, Mississippi, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 19, 1990St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
mother
Elsie Agnes Gray
Birth: November 4, 1907 35 29Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 6, 1977Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: March 26, 1923Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
18 months
herself
Mary Ethel Swain
Birth: September 21, 1924 26 16Missouri, United States
Death: March 8, 2023Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, United States
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husband
John Robert Loughead
Birth: July 20, 1922Unionville, Putnam, Missouri, United States
Death: January 7, 2013Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Mary Ethel Swain
Birth: September 21, 1924 26 16Missouri, United States
Death: March 8, 2023Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Mary Ethel Swain has 8 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Roland Swain - Household

Herkrey St. Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Swain, Jesse RheadMW31M24ARARGATaxie? driver?Taxie? Station
Swain, Elsie AwifeFW22M15ARKYMO
Swain, Mary EdaughterFW5SMOARAR

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ethel Miami Pulliam - Household

110 Eleventh Street Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gray, EthelXheadFW62WdMO
Gray, PondersonMW26SARCollectorChevorlet Co.
Gray, Bonnie JdaughterFW21SMOTelephoneOperator
Russell, W Cson in lawMW36MMO?way Dept.State Highway
Russell, LucilledaughterFW27MARClerkDrug Store
Wesley?, ElsiedaughterFW32MARClerkDrug Store
Swain, Mary Egrand daughterFW15SMO