Mary Myrtle WheatAge: 68 years1890–1959
- Name
- Mary Myrtle Wheat
- Given names
- Mary Myrtle
- Surname
- Wheat
- Married name
- Mary Myrtle Showers
- Married name
- Mary Myrtle Nichols
 Birth | July 23, 1890 |
 Marriage | Roy Williams Nichols — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 |
| Marriage | Thomas Oscar Showers — View this family April 2, 1907 (Age 16 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mildred Belle Showers October 2, 1908 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Jessie Elizabeth Showers January 4, 1911 (Age 20 years) Note: Birth year/place found in Marriage Record |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 39 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 2, 1930 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a husband | Thomas Oscar Showers October 27, 1940 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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 |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Certland Lambert — Jessie Elizabeth Showers — View this family December 9, 1952 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 55 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 | January 14, 1959 (Age 68 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum |
| Family with Thomas Oscar Showers |
| husband |
Thomas Oscar Showers Birth: August 31, 1886 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: October 27, 1940 — San Diego, San Diego, California, United States |
| herself |
Mary Myrtle Wheat Birth: July 23, 1890 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: January 14, 1959 — Illinois, United States |
|
Marriage: April 2, 1907 — Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States |
|
|
18 months daughter |
Mildred Belle Showers Birth: October 2, 1908 22 18 — Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: December 8, 1992 — Covington, Fountain, Indiana, United States |
|
2 years daughter |
Jessie Elizabeth Showers Birth: January 4, 1911 24 20 — Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: April 13, 1972 — Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States |
| Family with Roy Williams Nichols |
| husband |
Roy Williams Nichols Birth: December 26, 1890 — Onarga, Iroquois, Illinois, United States Death: July 24, 1961 — Illinois, United States |
| herself |
Mary Myrtle Wheat Birth: July 23, 1890 — Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States Death: January 14, 1959 — Illinois, United States |
|
Marriage: — |
No family available
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Roy Williams Nichols - Household
Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States
|