The Shemwell Family

Gay FrostAge: 87 years18861974

Name
Gay Frost
Given names
Gay
Surname
Frost
Birth May 8, 1886 60 33
Death of a fatherMathew Frost
June 26, 1890 (Age 4 years)
Death of a motherHenrietta Harriet Arnold
about 1893 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 years)
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 29 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 30 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 31 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/
Death of a half-sisterAmerica Evaline Frost
March 19, 1925 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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
Death of a brotherLuther J Frost
January 16, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Death of a half-brotherYoung Winter Frost Sr.
January 27, 1942 (Age 55 years)
Death of a half-sisterAmelia Elizabeth “Millie” Frost
November 29, 1942 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
MarriageGertrude Harmon “Goldie” MeisterView this family
January 29, 1949 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 half-brotherEugene Eli Frost
May 26, 1954 (Age 68 years)
Death of a half-brotherSevier White Frost
January 31, 1957 (Age 70 years)
Death of a wifeGertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister
October 30, 1957 (Age 71 years)
MarriageLucy Lavina ClarkView this family
September 18, 1958 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 59 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 March 18, 1974 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Santa Rosa Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Henrietta Harriet Arnold
Birth: about 1853Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: about 1893Barry, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 7, 1885Barry, Missouri, United States
-13 years
elder brother
Luther J Frost
Birth: December 13, 1872 47 19Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: January 16, 1940Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
13 years
himself
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
Father’s family with Margaret C Robinson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 17, 1854White, Tennessee, United States
-1 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Nancy Jane Hale - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: January 17, 1861Barry, Missouri, United States
9 months
half-sister
3 years
half-brother
Sevier White Frost
Birth: October 29, 1864 39 22Missouri, United States
Death: January 31, 1957Washington, District of Columbia, United States
3 years
half-brother
5 years
half-brother
22 months
half-sister
Ida M Frost
Birth: January 1875 49 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: February 1875Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Family with Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister - View this family
himself
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
wife
Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister
Birth: July 23, 1886Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 30, 1957El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 29, 1949El Paso, Texas, United States
Family with Lucy Lavina Clark - View this family
himself
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
wife
Lucy Lavina Clark
Birth: June 28, 1889Red Willow, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States
Death: August 31, 1981Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1958Sonoma, California, United States
George Thomas Watkins + Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister - View this family
wife’s husband
George Thomas Watkins
Birth: March 31, 1870Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States
Death: October 6, 1943Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
wife
Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister
Birth: July 23, 1886Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 30, 1957El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Marriage: September 16, 1903Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Hugh Morris McBride + Lucy Lavina Clark - View this family
wife’s husband
Hugh Morris McBride
Birth: January 26, 1886Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: December 7, 1921El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
wife
Lucy Lavina Clark
Birth: June 28, 1889Red Willow, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States
Death: August 31, 1981Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: August 8, 1909Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States