Bertha Gladys OwenAge: 64 years1902–1967
- Name
- Bertha Gladys Owen
- Given names
- Bertha Gladys
- Surname
- Owen
- Married name
- Bertha Gladys Marshall
 Birth | December 24, 1902 43 29 |
 Death of a father | Walter William Owen January 14, 1904 (Age 12 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 17 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 26 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 27 years) |
 Marriage | William Cortland Marshall — View this family September 4, 1930 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Margaret Etta “Peggy” Marshall February 1, 1932 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susan Umberger February 18, 1933 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Margaret Singleton “Maggie” Gose March 28, 1938 (Age 35 years) Cause: Hypostatic pneumonia |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 47 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 |
| Marriage of a child | John Marshall Scruggs — Margaret Etta “Peggy” Marshall — View this family January 10, 1956 (Age 53 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 | 1967 (Age 64 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Manasota Memorial Park |
| 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 elder sister |
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 herself |
Bertha Gladys Owen Birth: December 24, 1902 43 29 — Atkins, Smyth, Virginia, United States Death: 1967 |
| Family with William Cortland Marshall |
| husband |
William Cortland Marshall Birth: February 21, 1901 — Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States Death: 1976 |
| herself |
Bertha Gladys Owen Birth: December 24, 1902 43 29 — Atkins, Smyth, Virginia, United States Death: 1967 |
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Marriage: September 4, 1930 — Bristol, Washington, Virginia, United States |
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17 months daughter |
Margaret Etta “Peggy” Marshall Birth: February 1, 1932 30 29 — Bradenton, Manatee, Florida, United States Death: August 18, 2012 |
Bertha Gladys Owen has 5 first cousins recorded
Father's family (5)
Parents Sylvester Lee Owen + Kate Roberts Penry
Mother's family (0)
| 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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