The Shemwell Family

Ibyl A FosterAge: 84 years19091994

Name
Ibyl A Foster
Given names
Ibyl A
Surname
Foster
Married name
Ibyl A Arvin
Married name
Ibyl A Wynn
Birth October 13, 1909
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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/
MarriageJoseph Stollard ArvinView this family
August 6, 1924 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a son
#1
William Stone Arvin
October 18, 1926 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a son
#2
Carl Rudolph Arvin
January 7, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Birth of a son
#3
James Edward Arvin
January 25, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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
MarriageWilliam Earl WynnView this family
May 20, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a husbandJoseph Stollard Arvin
April 18, 1966 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 of a sonCarl Rudolph Arvin
September 4, 1981 (Age 71 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Earl Wynn
September 18, 1990 (Age 80 years)

Death May 10, 1994 (Age 84 years)
Family with Joseph Stollard Arvin - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: August 6, 1924Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son
William Stone Arvin
Birth: October 18, 1926 40 17
Death: September 16, 2003Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son
Carl Rudolph Arvin
Birth: January 7, 1929 42 19Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 4, 1981Lyon, Kentucky, United States
13 months
son
James Edward Arvin
Birth: January 25, 1930 43 20Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 27, 2006Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Family with William Earl Wynn - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: May 20, 1950Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Joseph Stollard Arvin + Hattie Lee Fowler - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: April 4, 1906Christian, Kentucky, United States
21 months
step-son
3 years
step-son
Orville Arvin
Birth: July 1, 1909 23 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 16, 1911Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Joseph Stollard Arvin + Maude Elizabeth Underwood - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Maude Elizabeth Underwood
Birth: June 3, 1891 30 26Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 29, 1916Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 22, 1910Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
1 year
step-son
Joseph Voris Arvin
Birth: December 19, 1911 25 20Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 20, 1980Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Joseph Stollard Arvin + Evelyn B “Eva” Blankenship - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Evelyn B “Eva” Blankenship
Birth: April 13, 1900Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 22, 1964Floyds Knobs, Floyd, Indiana, United States
Marriage: December 22, 1917
Joseph Stollard Arvin + Louise Knight - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Louise Knight
Birth: February 4, 1922Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 27, 1954Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: after 1940
Joseph Stollard Arvin + Beulah Bee Brown - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: February 26, 1955Robertson, Tennessee, United States

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