Jean was born in 1917 in Oklahoma, the daughter of Guy and Delene Adsit. The family was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1920. In 1930 they were living in Wichita, Kansas. And by 1940, she was with her family living in Shreveport, Louisiana.
She married Harold Evans Gorham in 1943.
She passed away in 2002. Burial was at Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Sources
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMP-M3Q : accessed 22 April 2020), Jene Ellen Adsit in household of D D Adsit, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 224, sheet 3B, line 79, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1487; FHL microfilm 1,821,487.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X776-D94 : accessed 18 September 2019), Jean Ellen Adsit in household of Guy D Adsit, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 76, sheet 3B, line 88, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 721; FHL microfilm 2,340,456.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYRN-9G2 : 27 July 2019), Jean Ellen Adsit in household of Guy D Adsit, Area B, Shreveport, Police Jury Ward 4, Caddo, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-70, sheet 4A, line 14, family 77, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1388.
"United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLV8-NLR : 22 May 2014), Jean Ellen Gorham, Residence, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69116216/jean-ellen-gorham : accessed 17 September 2019), memorial page for Jean Ellen Adsit Gorham (30 Apr 1917–12 Sep 2002), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69116216, citing Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Heather (contributor 46785492) .
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