The Shemwell Family

Eunice Elizabeth BarberAge: 69 years19141983

Name
Eunice Elizabeth Barber
Given names
Eunice Elizabeth
Surname
Barber
Married name
Eunice Elizabeth Ballance
Birth February 4, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 months)

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 2 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 3 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 15 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
MarriageHerbert Edgar BallanceView this family
August 12, 1939 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Herbert Edgar Ballance Jr.
April 3, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 31 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 12, 1983 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Green Hill Cemetery
Family with Herbert Edgar Ballance - View this family
husband
Herbert Edgar Ballance
Birth: October 20, 1915 33 27Trinity, Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 17, 2001Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
herself
Eunice Elizabeth Barber
Birth: February 4, 1914Scotland, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1983Jefferson, Texas, United States
Marriage: August 12, 1939Danville, Virginia, United States
8 months
son
Herbert Edgar Ballance Jr.
Birth: April 3, 1940 24 26Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 25, 2003Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Edgar Ballance - Household

Bessemer, Guilford, North Carolina

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Ballance, Herbert EheadMW24MNC
Ballance, EuniceXwifeFW26MNC
Ballance, Herbert Jr.sonMW0m MNC

Boarders in the Floyd Barbour household