Walter LearAge: 61 years1916–1978
- Name
- Walter Lear
- Given names
- Walter
- Surname
- Lear
 Birth | October 21, 1916 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916Note: 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 2 months)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 14 months)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 12 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 |
 Marriage | Grace Gertrude Shemwell — View this family about 1935 (Age 18 years) |
 Census | April 13, 1940 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Mary Elizabeth Lear August 10, 1945 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a wife | Grace Gertrude Shemwell August 13, 1945 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 29 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 | March 17, 1978 (Age 61 years) |
| Family with Grace Gertrude Shemwell |
| himself |
Walter Lear Birth: October 21, 1916 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1978 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Grace Gertrude Shemwell Birth: November 11, 1903 32 29 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 13, 1945 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: about 1935 — |
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11 years daughter |
Mary Elizabeth Lear Birth: August 10, 1945 28 41 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 6, 2024 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Walter Lear - Household
Between Hwy 181 & 171 Muhlenberg, KY
Next door to her parents |