The Shemwell Family

Alma Walter LeMasterAge: 98 years19052003

Name
Alma Walter LeMaster
Given names
Alma Walter
Surname
LeMaster
Married name
Alma Walter Short
Birth January 18, 1905 32 29
Birth of a sisterJessie L LeMaster
June 14, 1907 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherFred LeMaster
before 1910 (Age 4 years)

Census April 18, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterVivian C LeMaster
October 21, 1915 (Age 10 years)
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/
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Death of a fatherClaud Ambus LeMaster
January 31, 1925 (Age 20 years)
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
Census April 25, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMiranda C Kelley
November 14, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Census May 1, 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
Death of a motherIda Maud Cherry
January 5, 1953 (Age 47 years)
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 February 17, 2003 (Age 98 years)

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father
mother
Marriage: August 19, 1894Stewart, Tennessee, United States
19 months
elder sister
Vivian C LeMaster
Birth: March 1896 23 20Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 21, 1915Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
elder brother
Fred LeMaster
Birth: December 1898 26 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: before 1910
6 years
herself
Alma Walter LeMaster
Birth: January 18, 1905 32 29Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 17, 2003
2 years
younger sister
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husband
Private
herself
Alma Walter LeMaster
Birth: January 18, 1905 32 29Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 17, 2003

Alma Walter LeMaster has 7 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Claud Ambus LeMaster - Household

Reals Street Pushmataha, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
LeMaster, Claud AheadMW38M15TXTNGAPainterHouse
Cherry, Maud IwifeFW34M1543TNTNTN
LeMaster, Vivian CdaughterFW14STNTXTN
LeMaster, Alma WdaughterFW5STNTXTN
LeMaster, JessiedaughterFW2STNTXTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Claud Ambus LeMaster - Household

North High Street Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
LeMaster, C AheadMW47MTXUSUSFarmerGeneral Farming
Cherry, MaudwifeFW43MTNTNTN
LeMaster, AlmadaughterFW14STNTXTN
LeMaster, JessiedaughterFW12STNTXTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ida Maud Cherry - Household

Tuskahoma, Pushmataha, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
LeMaster, MaudheadFW54Wd18TNTNTN
LeMaster, AlmadaughterFW25STNTXTNTeacherPublic School
LeMaster, JessiedaughterFW22STNTXTNTeacherPublic School