The Shemwell Family

Iva Peck1897

Name
Iva Peck
Given names
Iva
Surname
Peck
Married name
Iva Freeman
Birth about 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 months)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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/
MarriageJasper Newton FreemanView this family
about 1929 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 19, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ruby Mildred Freeman
January 13, 1931 (Age 34 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 53 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 husbandJasper Newton Freeman
1956 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 of a daughterRuby Mildred Freeman
May 25, 2005 (Age 108 years)

Deathunknown

Family with Jasper Newton Freeman - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1929
2 years
daughter
Ruby Mildred Freeman
Birth: January 13, 1931 48 34West Benton, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: May 25, 2005
Jasper Newton Freeman + Lula M Lasley - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: February 26, 1905Gertrude, Christian, Missouri, United States
3 years
step-daughter
2 years
step-son
Arnold Emmitt “Bill” Freeman
Birth: February 6, 1910 27 23Christian, Missouri, United States
Death: April 8, 1997Texas, United States
6 years
step-son
Arthur Clarence “Red” Freeman
Birth: July 22, 1916 34 29Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: August 26, 1997Sparta, Christian, Missouri, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Newton Freeman - Household

County Road West Benton, Webster, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Freeman, Newt JheadMW47M22MOTNKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Freeman, IvawifeFW33M26MOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Jasper Newton Freeman - Household

West Benton, Webster, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Freeman, J NheadMW56M3MOsame placeRoad laborerWPA
Freeman, IvaXwifeFW42M8MOsame place
Freeman, Ruby MildreddaughterMW9SMO