The Shemwell Family

Chester Edward PollardAge: 83 years18831967

Name
Chester Edward Pollard
Given names
Chester Edward
Surname
Pollard
Birth December 14, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageAlta Frances FrostView this family
September 1, 1909 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Adrian A Pollard
June 21, 1910 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
George Harve Pollard
July 3, 1914 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 45 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 66 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 wifeAlta Frances Frost
April 15, 1958 (Age 74 years)
Cause: Acute Myocardial Infarction
Burial of a wifeAlta Frances Frost
April 19, 1958 (Age 74 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star Cemetery
MarriageBeulah Blanche VanNortwickView this family
May 6, 1960 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sonGeorge Harve Pollard
May 9, 1963 (Age 79 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 20, 1967 (Age 83 years)
Cause of death: Gaston Hermorrhage
Burial March 24, 1967 (4 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Star Cemetery
Family with Alta Frances Frost - View this family
himself
wife
Alta Frances Frost
Birth: January 24, 1886 35 30Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: April 15, 1958Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Marriage: September 1, 1909Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
10 months
son
Adrian A Pollard
Birth: June 21, 1910 26 24Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: December 12, 1995Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
4 years
son
George Harve Pollard
Birth: July 3, 1914 30 28Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: May 9, 1963El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Family with Beulah Blanche VanNortwick - View this family
himself
wife
Beulah Blanche VanNortwick
Birth: January 11, 1899Case, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 19, 1981Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Marriage: May 6, 1960Emmett, Gem, Idaho, United States

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