The Shemwell Family

Homer Raymond GambillAge: 65 years18981964

Name
Homer Raymond Gambill
Given names
Homer Raymond
Surname
Gambill
Birth October 30, 1898
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
MarriagePauline Muriel PowersView this family
October 5, 1942 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jerry Ray Gambill
December 3, 1942 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Census April 27, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 April 29, 1964 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lone Hill Cemetery
Family with Pauline Muriel Powers - View this family
himself
Homer Raymond Gambill
Birth: October 30, 1898Bluejacket, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 29, 1964Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
wife
Pauline Muriel Powers
Birth: October 4, 1911 25 19Corning, Clay, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 22, 1993Ironton, Iron, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 5, 1942Butler, Missouri, United States
2 months
son
Jerry Ray Gambill
Birth: December 3, 1942 44 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: August 23, 2015Carmichael, Sacramento, California, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Homer Raymond Gambill - Household

Miller Road Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Gambill, Homer RheadMW52MarOK
Gambill, Pauline MwifeFW38MarAR
Gambill, Jerry RaysonMW7NevMO