The Shemwell Family

Alta Lou RogersAge: 80 years19191999

Name
Alta Lou Rogers
Given names
Alta Lou
Surname
Rogers
Married name
Alta Lou Yonts
Birth March 16, 1919
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
MarriageMurl Wilbur YontsView this family
September 24, 1934 (Age 15 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Betty Lou Yonts
January 3, 1936 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Wilbur Ray “Buddy” Yonts
March 9, 1937 (Age 17 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 30 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Tracy Allan Yonts
March 10, 1954 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
John Yonts
October 1956 (Age 37 years)

Death of a grandsonJohn Yonts
November 13, 1956 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Karen Yonts
February 19, 1959 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Thomas Allen Yurchak
August 2, 1963 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 grandsonThomas Allen Yurchak
March 3, 1989 (Age 69 years)
Death of a husbandMurl Wilbur Yonts
August 22, 1991 (Age 72 years)
Death of a grandsonTracy Allan Yonts
February 15, 1995 (Age 75 years)
Death April 30, 1999 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery
Family with Murl Wilbur Yonts - View this family
husband
Murl Wilbur Yonts
Birth: September 26, 1911 25 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 22, 1991Pinellas, Florida, United States
herself
Alta Lou Rogers
Birth: March 16, 1919Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 30, 1999Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: September 24, 1934
15 months
daughter
Betty Lou Yonts
Birth: January 3, 1936 24 16Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 28, 2012Merriville, Lake, Indiana, United States
14 months
son
Wilbur Ray “Buddy” Yonts
Birth: March 9, 1937 25 17Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 24, 2023Nortonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Murl Wilbur Yonts - Household

150 Whipple Street Chicago, Cook, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Murl YontsheadMW28MKYMadisonville, Hopkins, KYGrocery ClerkRetail chain grocery store
Alta YontswifeFW21MKYMadisonville, Hopkins, KY
Betty YontsdaughterFW4SKY
Wilbur YontssonMW3SKY