The Shemwell Family

Ewing Alford WoodringAge: 72 years19111983

Name
Ewing Alford Woodring
Given names
Ewing Alford
Surname
Woodring
Birth September 24, 1911 36 26
Birth of a sisterLucille Hazel Woodring
November 21, 1913 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a sisterGladys Opal Woodring
April 29, 1918 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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/
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 2, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherVirginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
November 26, 1947 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherEdward M Richardson
December 17, 1947 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Franklin “Charley” Woodring
October 27, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Death of a sisterJessie Belle Woodring
April 24, 1952 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 motherEva Lee Richardson
January 13, 1971 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 October 9, 1983 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: IOOF Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: May 10, 1903Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
-4 years
elder sister
Jessie Belle Woodring
Birth: October 24, 1899 24 14Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 24, 1952Tulare, California, United States
12 years
himself
Ewing Alford Woodring
Birth: September 24, 1911 36 26Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 9, 1983Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Lucille Hazel Woodring
Birth: November 21, 1913 38 28Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 7, 1989Tehama, Tehama, California, United States
4 years
younger sister
Gladys Opal Woodring
Birth: April 29, 1918 43 33Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 3, 1995Contra Costa, California, United States
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step-father
Private
mother
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himself
Ewing Alford Woodring
Birth: September 24, 1911 36 26Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 9, 1983Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Juanita Darling
Birth: January 30, 1909Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 29, 1998Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States
son
Private

Ewing Alford Woodring has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Franklin “Charley” Woodring - Household

Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Woodring, Charles FheadMW46MNCNCNCFarmerGeneral farmer
Woodring, EvawifeFW36MMOMOMO
Woodring, JessiedaughterFW16SOKNCMO
Woodring, EwingsonMW8SOKNCMO
Woodring, LucilledaughterFW6SOKNCMO
Woodring, GladiedaughterFW1SOKNCMO
Richardson, Claudbrother in law(lodger)MW38SMOMOMOFarmLabor

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Franklin “Charley” Woodring - Household

Little River, Cleveland, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Woodring, Charley FheadMW55M35NCNCSCFarmerGeneral Farm
Woodring, Eva LwifeFW44M19MOMOMO
Woodring, Ewing FsonMW18SOKNCMOLaborerGeneral Farm
Woodring, Hazel LdaughterFW16SOKNCMO
Woodring, Gladys daughterFW11SOKNCMO