Elizabeth Jane “Betty” MayAge: 45 years1904–1949
- Name
- Elizabeth Jane “Betty” May
- Given names
- Elizabeth Jane
- Surname
- May
- Nickname
- Betty
- Married name
- Elizabeth Jane Swanson
 Birth | June 22, 1904 38 33 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Elizabeth Jane Frost July 12, 1905 (Age 12 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 11 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 | Pvt Jeremiah “Jerry” Gibson March 20, 1917 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 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 13 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/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 25 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 | Frederick Richard May July 31, 1948 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 | November 13, 1949 (Age 45 years) |
 Burial | November 16, 1949 (3 days after death) |
 Last change | April 21, 2022 – 01:03:22 by: Brian Shemwell |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Frederick Richard May Birth: December 31, 1865 — Germany Death: July 31, 1948 — Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| mother |
Alice Lee Gibson Birth: November 17, 1870 26 38 — Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1964 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: January 30, 1896 — Cripple Creek, Fremont, Colorado, United States |
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1 year elder sister |
Roberta Lee May Birth: January 18, 1897 31 26 — Rockwood, Roane, Tennessee, United States Death: June 5, 1978 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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6 years elder brother |
Raymond Gibson May Birth: August 17, 1902 36 31 — Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado, United States Death: June 29, 1987 — Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States |
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22 months herself |
Elizabeth Jane “Betty” May Birth: June 22, 1904 38 33 — Cripple Creek, Teller, Colorado, United States Death: November 13, 1949 — Los Angeles, California, United States |