Name Info

Gretchen Virginia Smith 1892-1975

Search.........Person
Gender.........female
PAF-ID.........09121854
Age............83y 1m 14d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........WILSON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......1
#Events........1
#Images:.......0
#Comments......1
#Siblings......0
#Children......1

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........mother
Spouse?........wife
Sibling?.......sister
Child?.........daughter
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Gretchen Virginia Smith
  2. Parent: Gretchen Virginia Smith

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1921-06-25 Claremont (Los Angeles) California
  2. Spouse: Joseph Atkinson Garrett, male, born:1887-08-12 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1980-01-13 (92y 5m 1d) Orange county California, Dad:Joseph McElroy Garrett, Mom:Louisa B. WILSON, #SrcDocs:1
  3. ..Child: Gretchen Virginia Smith

Events
Birth
: 1892-07-01, Age:83y 1m 14d, Illinois
Married
: 1921-06-25, Age:83y 1m 14d, Claremont, Los Angeles county, California, Role:bride
Death
: 1975-08-15, Age:83y 1m 14d, Laguna Hills, Los Angeles county, California

Places In
Claremont (Los Angeles) California
Laguna Hills (Los Angeles) California
Illinois

General

She had a beautiful singing voice and sang on the radio prior to getting married.


Sources
Letter from Mary Paskevich, Foster City California, May 1999


Historical
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902