Gwendolyn Laws ChildersAge: 86 years1916–2003
- Name
- Gwendolyn Laws Childers
- Given names
- Gwendolyn Laws
- Surname
- Childers
- Married name
- Gwendolyn Laws Leonard
![]() | September 1, 1916 |
![]() | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
![]() | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 months)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
![]() | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 16 months)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/ |
![]() | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 13 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 |
![]() #1 | Susan Scott Leonard October 19, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
![]() | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 |
![]() | April 4, 1950 (Age 33 years) |
![]() | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 |
![]() | William Scott Leonard August 18, 1958 (Age 41 years) |
![]() | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 |
![]() | Susan Scott Leonard May 24, 1994 (Age 77 years) |
![]() | May 2003 (Age 86 years) |
Family with William Scott Leonard |
husband |
William Scott Leonard Birth: December 21, 1913 32 20 — Dallas, Texas, United States Death: August 18, 1958 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
herself |
Gwendolyn Laws Childers Birth: September 1, 1916 — Texas, United States Death: May 2003 — St. Simons Island, Glynn, Georgia, United States |
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Susan Scott Leonard Birth: October 19, 1940 26 24 — Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States Death: May 24, 1994 — Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States |
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