The Shemwell Family

Reuben E BlehmAge: 63 years19051968

Name
Reuben E Blehm
Given names
Reuben E
Surname
Blehm
Birth April 18, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 24 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
MarriageVelma I HollandView this family
March 22, 1932 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Frank Laverne Blehm
May 27, 1938 (Age 33 years)
Census May 20, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 40 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 23, 1968 (Age 63 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery
Family with Velma I Holland - View this family
himself
Reuben E Blehm
Birth: April 18, 1905Cashion, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 23, 1968Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
wife
Velma I Holland
Birth: March 21, 1906 26 23Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 12, 2002Woodland, Cowlitz, Washington, United States
Marriage: March 22, 1932Los Angeles, California, United States
6 years
son
Frank Laverne Blehm
Birth: May 27, 1938 33 32Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
Death: March 24, 2017Woodland, Clark, Washington, United States
… … + Velma I Holland - View this family
wife
Velma I Holland
Birth: March 21, 1906 26 23Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 12, 2002Woodland, Cowlitz, Washington, United States
step-daughter
Howard Holland
Birth: June 29, 1924 18Paramount, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: August 25, 2013Washington, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Reuben E Blehm - Household

Scappoose, Columbia, Oregon

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Blehm, ReubenheadMW35MOKLaborerPWA Road Construction
Blehm, VelmaXwifeFW34MOKHousekeeperPrivate Family
Blehm, Howard HsonFW15SCAStudent
Blehm, Frank LsonMW1SOR

Howard is listed as Blehm, other sources have him as Holland parents not married until 1932 -b