Margaret May OwenAge: 70 years1900–1970
- Name
- Margaret May Owen
- Given names
- Margaret May
- Surname
- Owen
 Birth | May 1, 1900 40 27 |
 Census | June 12, 1900 (Age 42 days) |
 Birth of a sister | Bertha Gladys Owen December 24, 1902 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a father | Walter William Owen January 14, 1904 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 3, 1920 (Age 19 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 29 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 5, 1930 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Umberger February 18, 1933 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Singleton “Maggie” Gose March 28, 1938 (Age 37 years) Cause: Hypostatic pneumonia |
| Census | April 24, 1940 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 sister | Bertha Gladys Owen 1967 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 | August 10, 1970 (Age 70 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East Hill Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Walter William Owen Birth: December 7, 1859 29 27 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: January 14, 1904 |
| mother |
Margaret Singleton “Maggie” Gose Birth: March 1873 37 26 — Virginia, United States Death: March 28, 1938 — Bristol, Washington, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: October 28, 1896 — Bristol, Washington, Virginia, United States |
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4 years herself |
Margaret May Owen Birth: May 1, 1900 40 27 — Bristol, Washington, Virginia, United States Death: August 10, 1970 — Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Bertha Gladys Owen Birth: December 24, 1902 43 29 — Atkins, Smyth, Virginia, United States Death: 1967 |
Margaret May Owen has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Sylvester Lee Owen + Kate Roberts Penry
Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Walter William Owen - Household
421 Virginia Street Bristol, Washington, VA
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Margaret Singleton “Maggie” Gose - Household
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Margaret S “Maggie” Owens - Household
513 Moore Street Bristol, Washington, VA
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Margaret May Owen - Household
516 Broad Street Bristol, Sullivan, TN
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