Bertha Mae PowersAge: 93 years1909–2002
- Name
- Bertha Mae Powers
- Given names
- Bertha Mae
- Surname
- Powers
- Married name
- Bertha Mae Marley
 Birth | March 5, 1909 41 38 |
 Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 13 months) |
 Death of a sister | Hattie Powers June 7, 1910 (Age 15 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Rubye Avis Powers January 31, 1913 (Age 3 years) |
 No Biological Children | No Known Biological Children Note: 1940-1950 Census records just John & Bertha -b |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 13, 1920 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Ann “Polly” Kittrell March 13, 1927 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 20 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 10, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
 Marriage | John Leonard Marley — View this family June 1, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a mother | Georgia Mae McCown June 12, 1944 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | George Washington Powers — Lucille N … — View this family after 1944 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 |
| Death of a father | George Washington Powers January 14, 1953 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 brother | George Elmer Powers February 12, 1960 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 sister | Mary Mabel Powers September 22, 1982 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | Roy Mack Powers January 27, 1989 (Age 79 years) |
| Death of a sister | Allie Pearl Powers July 2, 1991 (Age 82 years) |
| Death of a sister | Rubye Avis Powers December 28, 1993 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a husband | John Leonard Marley April 1, 1995 (Age 86 years) |
 Death | March 30, 2002 (Age 93 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Poplar Bluff City Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
George Washington Powers Birth: October 15, 1867 33 30 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 14, 1953 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Georgia Mae McCown Birth: July 9, 1870 43 38 — Paris, Monroe, Missouri, United States Death: June 12, 1944 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: March 25, 1892 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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1 year elder brother |
Earl Powers Birth: March 22, 1893 25 22 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: October 25, 1894 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Clarence Powers Birth: July 28, 1895 27 25 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 5, 1897 — Butler, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
George Elmer Powers Birth: February 26, 1898 30 27 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: February 12, 1960 — Missouri, United States |
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20 months elder sister |
Mary Mabel Powers Birth: October 24, 1899 32 29 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: September 22, 1982 |
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2 years elder sister |
Allie Pearl Powers Birth: October 12, 1901 33 31 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: July 2, 1991 — Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Roy Mack Powers Birth: December 18, 1904 37 34 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 27, 1989 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Hattie Powers Birth: January 7, 1909 41 38 — Missouri, United States Death: June 7, 1910 — Missouri, United States |
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2 months herself |
Bertha Mae Powers Birth: March 5, 1909 41 38 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: March 30, 2002 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Rubye Avis Powers Birth: January 31, 1913 45 42 — Missouri, United States Death: December 28, 1993 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Father’s family with Lucille N … |
| father |
George Washington Powers Birth: October 15, 1867 33 30 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: January 14, 1953 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| step-mother |
Lucille N … Birth: about 1886 — Missouri, United States Death: |
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Marriage: after 1944 — |
| Family with John Leonard Marley |
| husband |
John Leonard Marley Birth: May 3, 1906 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: April 1, 1995 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Bertha Mae Powers Birth: March 5, 1909 41 38 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States Death: March 30, 2002 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 1, 1930 — Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Miller Road Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Powers - Household
County Road Epps, Butler, Missouri
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| No Biological Children | 1940-1950 Census records just John & Bertha -b |