Gertrude E. Cowan^[1]

1902 - 1984  (81 years)

• Name	Gertrude E. Cowan
  Born	30 Nov 1902	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1920	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Census	1940	District 9, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	24 Sep 1984
  Buried	Boyd's Creek Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I340768	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	David S. Cowan,   b. 19 Jan 1866, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Jul 1929  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Hicks,   b. 22 Sep 1862, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Sep 1948  (Age 85 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1886	Sevier County, Tennessee   [6]
  Family ID	F133871	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Houk Lett,   b. 22 Apr 1894, Anderson County, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Jul 1976  (Age 82 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1924	Anderson County, Tennessee   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Anna Mae Lett,   b. 6 Oct 1924, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Jan 2014  (Age 89 years) + 2. Hilda Rae Lett,   b. 16 Aug 1926, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jan 2013  (Age 86 years)   3. Ethel Lett,   b. Abt 1929, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 22 Jan 2013  (Age ~ 84 years) + 4. Barbara E. Lett,   b. Abt 1932, Tennessee  (Age ~ 92 years)
  Family ID	F133867	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 30 Nov 1902 - Tennessee Census - 1920 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 17 Mar 1924 - Anderson County, Tennessee Census - 1940 - District 9, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S106] The Mountain Press, 22 Jan 2013. Hilda Ray (Lett) Mays obituary [S112] Census, 1920. name: Gertrude Cowan residence: , Sevier, Tennessee estimated birth year: 1905 age: 15 birthplace: Tennessee relationship to head of household: Daughter gender: Female race: White marital status: Single father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee film number: 1821762 digital folder number: 4390948 image number: 00355 sheet number: 5 Household Gender Age Birthplace self D S Cowan M 53y Tennessee wife Mary Cowan F 56y Tennessee son James Cowan M 28y Tennessee dau Johnnie Cowan F 17y Tennessee dau Gertrude Cowan F 15y Tennessee [S112] Census, 1940. name: Gertrude Lett titles & terms: event: Census event year: 1940 event place: Civil District 9, Sevier, Tennessee, United States gender: Female age: 37 marital status: Married race (original): race (standardized): White relationship to head of household (original): relationship to head of household (standardized): Wife birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1903 residence in 1935: Same Place enumeration district number: 78-14 family number: 18 sheet number and letter: 1B line number: 79 nara publication number: T627 nara roll number: 3933 digital folder number: 005461375 image number: 00376 Household Gender Age Birthplace head John Lett M 45 Tennessee wife Gertrude Lett F 37 Tennessee daughter Anna May Lett F 15 Tennessee daughter Hilda Ray Lett F 13 Tennessee daughter Ethel Lett F 11 Tennessee daughter Barbara Lett F 8 Tennessee mother-in-law Mary Cown F 77 Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 99429039). [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 220. [S58] Marriage Certificate. groom's name: D. S. Cowan groom's birth date: groom's birthplace: groom's age: bride's name: M. A. Hicks bride's birth date: bride's birthplace: bride's age: marriage date: 24 Dec 1886 marriage place: , Sevier, Tennessee groom's father's name: groom's mother's name: bride's father's name: bride's mother's name: groom's race: groom's marital status: groom's previous wife's name: bride's race: bride's marital status: bride's previous husband's name: indexing project (batch) number: M51968-3 system origin: Tennessee-VR source film number: 969966 reference number: 2:1S7QDMF [S58] Marriage Certificate. name: G E Cowan also known as: suffix: event: Marriage event date: 17 Mar 1924 event place: Anderson, Tennessee, United States gender: Female spouse: J H Lett spouse's also known as: spouse's prefix: spouse's suffix: page: 224