The Shemwell Family

Joseph Leroy WisdomAge: 58 years19041963

Name
Joseph Leroy Wisdom
Given names
Joseph Leroy
Surname
Wisdom
Birth August 13, 1904
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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/
MarriageEva Dell WhitlowView this family
December 24, 1925 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Patsy Iona Wisdom
November 14, 1926 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 12, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Doris Jeannine Wisdom
January 30, 1932 (Age 27 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
February 14, 1942 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 41 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 April 21, 1963 (Age 58 years)
Family with Eva Dell Whitlow - View this family
himself
Joseph Leroy Wisdom
Birth: August 13, 1904Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: April 21, 1963Orange, California, United States
wife
Eva Dell Whitlow
Birth: February 1, 1908 20 18Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: March 5, 1973San Pablo, Contra Costa, California, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1925Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
11 months
daughter
Patsy Iona Wisdom
Birth: November 14, 1926 22 18Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: February 22, 2005Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States
5 years
daughter
Doris Jeannine Wisdom
Birth: January 30, 1932 27 23Galena, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: February 20, 2002Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Leroy Wisdom - Household

Galena, Cherokee, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wisdom, LeroyheadMW25M21MOTNMOTub HookerLead & Zinc Mines
Wisdom, EvawifeFW22M17KSMOMO
Wisdom, PatsydaughterFW3-4mSKSMOKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Leroy Wisdom - Household

Lake Street Contra Costa, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wisdom, LeroyheadMW35MMORCherokeeKSBoilermaker? Refinery
Wisdom, Eva XwifeFW32MKSRCherokeeKS
Wisdom, PatsydaughterFW13SKSRCherokeeKS
Wisdom, JeanninedaughterFW8SKSRCherokeeKS
Whitlow, Dorseyfather in lawMW52MMORCherokeeKSLaborerPipe Company
Whitlow, Mattiemother in lawFW50MMORCherokeeKS