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Edith Joyce LeonardAge: 95 years19212016

Name
Edith Joyce Leonard
Given names
Edith Joyce
Surname
Leonard
Married name
Edith Joyce Beck
Birth November 5, 1921 22 26
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 7 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherCyrillus Cicero “Riley” Leonard
August 31, 1932 (Age 10 years)
Census May 6, 1940 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 20 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
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 28 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 motherJulia Ann Austin
September 18, 1971 (Age 49 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNannie Mae Maley
December 12, 1974 (Age 53 years)
Cause: Uremia, metastatic adenocarcinoma of colon
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 24 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 fatherJoseph Hugh Leonard
May 20, 1984 (Age 62 years)
Death of a husbandDonald Avery Beck
November 14, 2000 (Age 79 years)
Death November 27, 2016 (Age 95 years)
Cremationunknown

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father
Joseph Hugh Leonard
Birth: June 5, 1899 28 21Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 20, 1984Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
mother
Julia Ann Austin
Birth: May 24, 1895Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 18, 1971Stanly, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 8, 1920Iredell, North Carolina, United States
11 months
herself
Edith Joyce Leonard
Birth: November 5, 1921 22 26Stanly, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 27, 2016Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Family with Donald Avery Beck - View this family
husband
Donald Avery Beck
Birth: February 13, 1921Badin, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 14, 2000Other, Stanly, North Carolina, United States
herself
Edith Joyce Leonard
Birth: November 5, 1921 22 26Stanly, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 27, 2016Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
daughter
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daughter
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Edith Joyce Leonard has 8 first cousins recorded

Father's family (8)

Parents Wade O Conrad + June Beulah Leonard
1Lala Evelyn Conrad19182010
2Etna Mae Conrad19202007
3Private
4Private
Parents Willie Vestal Leonard + Oleta Veigh Lambeth
1Private
Parents Odell Kiser Morris + Ella May Leonard
1Jerry Wayne Morris19412023
2Private
3Private

Mother's family (0)

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Hugh Leonard - Household

44 Henderson Badin, Stanly, North Carolina

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Leonard, Joseph HXheadMW40MNCSame PlaceHead Payroll ClerkAluminum Plant
Leonard, Julia AwifeFW41MNCSame Place
Leonard, Edith JdaughterFW18SNCSame Place