Betty “Betsy” MagrawAge: 81 years1888–1970
- Name
- Betty “Betsy” Magraw
- Given names
- Betty
- Surname
- Magraw
- Married name
- Betty Hester
- Nickname
- Betsy
 Birth | October 22, 1888 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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 | Eugene William Hester — View this family calculated 1908 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a son#1 | Richard M Hester September 2, 1908 (Age 19 years) |
 Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 21 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Magraw Hester January 13, 1911 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | James William Hester December 3, 1913 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Sarah E Hester July 3, 1918 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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 | February 23, 1920 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 40 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 15, 1930 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 husband | Eugene William Hester July 23, 1949 (Age 60 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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 57 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 5, 1970 (Age 81 years) |
| Family with Eugene William Hester |
| husband |
Eugene William Hester Birth: July 25, 1888 38 32 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: July 23, 1949 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Betty “Betsy” Magraw Birth: October 22, 1888 — Roaring Springs, Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 5, 1970 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1908 — |
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8 months son |
Richard M Hester Birth: September 2, 1908 20 19 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: June 8, 1988 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years son |
Magraw Hester Birth: January 13, 1911 22 22 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: November 25, 1997 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years son |
James William Hester Birth: December 3, 1913 25 25 — Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 18, 2005 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Sarah E Hester Birth: July 3, 1918 29 29 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: March 8, 2003 — Kentucky, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Richard M Hester - Household
1002 Broadway Mayfield, Graves, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Eugene William Hester - Household
Harrison St.? Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Eugene William Hester - Household
Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky
Says Betsy's 1st Marriage was at 38. -b |