Gwendolyn L. Henshaw

1. William Henshall m Margerie Gyll 2.. Thomas Henshall (?-c1631) m - Kendrick 3... John Henshall (1611-c1687) m Elizabeth - 4.... William Hinshaw (?-1699) m Elizabeth - 5..... Thomas Hinshaw (c1680-?) m Mary Marshall (c1685-?) 6...... Jacob Hinshaw (1710-1796) m Rebecca Mackey (c1716-1796) 7....... Benjamin Hinshaw (1738-1840) m Elisabeth Hinshaw (1750-1823) 8........ Jacob A. Hinshaw (1778-1826) m Phebe Allen (1789-1869) 9......... Thomas J. Hinshaw (1822-1896) m Sarah Mills (1826-1904) 10.......... Dr. Franklin Abile Hinshaw (1859-1934) m Mary L. Hewett (1867-1925) 11........... Charles Earl Henshaw (1891-1920) m Helen M. - (c1898-) 12............ Gwendolyn L. Henshaw (1914-1999) +- Deiss

During World War II Gwendolyn served as a Second Lieutenant nurse in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps,^7,8,9,10 serving from May 19 1936 to Jan 31 1947, eventually attaining the rank of Captain.¹¹ Gwendolyn was one of the "Angels of Bataan", a group of 68 army nurses who were imprisoned by the Japanese.^7,8,9,12 She was held a the Santo Tomas POW camp in Luzon.¹⁰

Gwendolyn's military service is noted in the Registry of the National World War II Memorial:⁷

Gwendolyn L. Henshaw died Aug 25 1999, buried Sep 10 1999, Section Col-2, Row 313, Site E (COL-2313E), Willamette National Cemetery, 11800 SE MT. Scott Blvd., Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.^{1,2,3,4,11,13}

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