The Shemwell Family

Theola StrickfadenAge: 45 years19241970

Name
Theola Strickfaden
Given names
Theola
Surname
Strickfaden
Married name
Theola Shelton
Birth July 28, 1924 25 25
Note: 1919?
Birth of a sisterEmma Lee Strickfaden
October 23, 1926 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 8, 1930 (Age 5 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 17 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 25 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 maternal grandmotherFlora Dell Whitlow
November 19, 1959 (Age 35 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Bruce Potter
May 15, 1962 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Lewis Strickfaden
July 13, 1963 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 21 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 June 28, 1970 (Age 45 years)
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father
William Lewis Strickfaden
Birth: March 24, 1899Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: July 13, 1963Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
mother
Octa Potter
Birth: October 8, 1898 24 18Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1979Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: February 12, 1918Cooper, Missouri, United States
6 years
herself
Theola Strickfaden
Birth: July 28, 1924 25 25Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: June 28, 1970Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Emma Lee Strickfaden
Birth: October 23, 1926 27 28Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 13, 1994Bonner Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Family with James Roosevelt “Jim” Shelton - View this family
husband
James Roosevelt “Jim” Shelton
Birth: December 3, 1919Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States
Death: September 28, 1987Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
herself
Theola Strickfaden
Birth: July 28, 1924 25 25Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: June 28, 1970Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private

Theola Strickfaden has 8 first cousins recorded

Birth
1919?
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Louis Strickfaden - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Strickfaden, William LheadMW31M18MOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Strickfaden, OctawifeFW31M18MOMOMO
Strickfaden, TheoladaughterFW6SMOMOMO
Strickfaden, Emma LdaughterFW3SMOMOMO