Margaret Jane WidickAge: 91 years1912–2004
- Name
- Margaret Jane Widick
- Given names
- Margaret Jane
- Surname
- Widick
 Birth | September 16, 1912 43 41 |
 Census | 1915 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Edward T Shaffer August 27, 1917 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Eugene Shaffer Widick November 21, 1918 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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 9, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Census | 1925 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 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 18, 1930 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Nancy Hizer October 31, 1935 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Sarah Ellen McNeil June 1937 (Age 24 years) |
| Census | April 11, 1940 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 10, 1950 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a father | Arthur Buck Widick August 19, 1950 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 | Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick February 5, 1968 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer December 7, 1968 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a brother | Clarence Edward Widick November 10, 1969 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 brother | Eugene Shaffer Widick April 10, 1976 (Age 63 years) |
| Death of a brother | Leroy Arthur Widick August 1981 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a sister | Helen Louisa Widick November 5, 1995 (Age 83 years) |
| Death of a sister | Irene Widick March 13, 2000 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | June 16, 2004 (Age 91 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Arthur Buck Widick Birth: July 19, 1869 30 28 — Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States Death: August 19, 1950 — Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Margaret Jane “Jennie” Shaffer Birth: March 4, 1871 21 23 — Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States Death: December 7, 1968 — Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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Marriage: May 23, 1894 — Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Leroy Arthur Widick Birth: August 2, 1896 27 25 — Fulton, Bourbon, Kansas, United States Death: August 1981 — Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States |
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17 months elder brother |
Clarence Edward Widick Birth: January 3, 1898 28 26 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: November 10, 1969 — Michigan, United States |
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14 months elder sister |
Irene Widick Birth: February 24, 1899 29 27 — Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States Death: March 13, 2000 — Harvey, Kansas, United States |
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20 months elder brother |
Ralph Hayden “Bud” Widick Birth: November 7, 1900 31 29 — Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, United States Death: February 5, 1968 — Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Helen Louisa Widick Birth: September 22, 1904 35 33 — Elk City, Cloud, Kansas, United States Death: November 5, 1995 — Okemos, Ingham, Michigan, United States |
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3 years elder sister |
Evelyn Widick Birth: March 25, 1907 37 36 — Emporia Junction, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: January 1, 1910 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States |
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6 years herself |
Margaret Jane Widick Birth: September 16, 1912 43 41 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: June 16, 2004 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
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6 years younger brother |
Eugene Shaffer Widick Birth: November 21, 1918 49 47 — Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States Death: April 10, 1976 — Atchison, Kansas, United States |
Margaret Jane Widick has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Frank Bennett Kelly + Elizabeth Ann Widick
Parents Roy Runnels Green + Mabel Widick
Mother's family (0)
| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | Kansas State - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Arthur Buck Widick - Household
Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Margaret Jane Widick - Household
Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States
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