The Shemwell Family

Joe N Besser1868

Name
Joe N Besser
Given names
Joe N
Surname
Besser
Birth calculated 1868

MarriageFlora View this family
unknown

Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 12 months)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a daughter
#1
Rae Louise Besser
May 29, 1906 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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/
Marriage of a childHarry E WeinbergRae Louise BesserView this family
September 5, 1927 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 82 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 daughterRae Louise Besser
September 9, 1975 (Age 107 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 78 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
Deathunknown

Family with Flora - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
daughter
Rae Louise Besser
Birth: May 29, 1906 38 21Arkansas, United States
Death: September 9, 1975Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joe N Besser - Household

319 Broadway - Big Rock Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Joe N BesserheadMW62M30RussiaRussiaRussiaCarpenterHouse
Flora …wifeFW45M25NYNYNY
Harry E Weinbergson-in-lawMW25M22MSRussiaRussiaAsst. ManagerDept. Store
Rae L WeinbergdaughterFW24M21AKRussiaNYSales LadyDept. Store
Ida WestlandLodgerFW33SMNSwedenSwedenBeauticianBeauty Parlor

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joe N Besser - Household

315 N Jackson - Big Rock Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Joe N BesserheadMW70MNYCarpenterConstruction work lumber co.
Rae RothdaughterFW31MAR
Hyman Rothson-in-lawMW28MMIPawn BrokerOwn Shop