The Shemwell Family

Deborah Verena “Birdie” FrostAge: 84 years18681953

Name
Deborah Verena “Birdie” Frost
Given names
Deborah Verena
Surname
Frost
Married name
Deborah Verena George
Nickname
Birdie
Married name
Deborah Verena Ketchen
Married name
Deborah Verena Smith
Birth September 9, 1868 39 36
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 3 months)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmelia Lonesome “Millie” Patterson
September 14, 1876 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a sisterMahala Jane Frost
January 29, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Burial of a sisterMahala Jane Frost
February 1, 1882 (Age 13 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Turlock Memorial Park
Marriage of a parentGeorge Washington YocumDeborah AcordView this family
April 3, 1882 (Age 13 years)
MarriageCharles Moore KetchenView this family
January 3, 1883 (Age 14 years)
MarriageJohn Harry SmithView this family
July 28, 1889 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ethel Anna Kitchen
June 2, 1891 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 29 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
MarriageClarence Harvey GeorgeView this family
about 1900 (Age 31 years)

Death of a fatherJoseph Frost
April 6, 1908 (Age 39 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMahala Acord
November 3, 1909 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherDeborah Acord
December 20, 1912 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 47 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 48 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 49 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 brotherElijah Marshall Frost
February 19, 1923 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Jefferson Frost
November 14, 1928 (Age 60 years)
Burial of a brotherThomas Jefferson Frost
November 15, 1928 (Age 60 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 61 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 sisterAmelia Emily Frost
March 13, 1930 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherJackson Lee “Jack” Frost
October 20, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Burial of a brotherJackson Lee “Jack” Frost
October 23, 1930 (Age 62 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arbor Vitae Cemetery
Death of a brotherJohn Wesley Frost
February 3, 1931 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sisterSarah Frances Frost
January 18, 1934 (Age 65 years)
Death of a husbandClarence Harvey George
June 29, 1937 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherJoseph Hiram Frost
September 6, 1939 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 73 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 81 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 77 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 August 18, 1953 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Glen Haven Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 9, 1849Fremont, Iowa, United States
11 months
elder brother
22 months
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
Mahala Jane Frost
Birth: March 12, 1854 25 21Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: January 29, 1882Turlock, Stanislaus, California, United States
3 years
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
John Wesley Frost
Birth: about 1858 28 25Nebraska, United States
Death: February 3, 1931Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
3 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Thomas Jefferson Frost
Birth: December 6, 1863 34 31Lassen, California, United States
Death: November 14, 1928Vina, Tehama, California, United States
3 years
elder brother
Jackson Lee “Jack” Frost
Birth: about 1866 36 33Douglas, Oregon, United States
Death: October 20, 1930Madera, California, United States
3 years
herself
Father’s family with Eliza J Anderson - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 5, 1848White, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with George Washington Yocum - View this family
step-father
George Washington Yocum
Birth: February 1842Kentucky, United States
Death: July 26, 1913Willows, Glenn, California, United States
mother
Marriage: April 3, 1882Colusa, California, United States
Family with Charles Moore Ketchen - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: January 3, 1883Red Bluff, Tehama, California, United States
Family with John Harry Smith - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 28, 1889Ferndale, Humboldt, California, United States
… … + Deborah Verena “Birdie” Frost - View this family
herself
daughter
Ethel Anna Kitchen
Birth: June 2, 1891 22Vallejo, Solano, California, United States
Death: June 7, 1975Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Family with Clarence Harvey George - View this family
husband
Clarence Harvey George
Birth: December 10, 1851New York, United States
Death: June 29, 1937Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1900

Deborah Verena “Birdie” Frost has 86 first cousins recorded

Father's family (86)

Parents Micajah Frost + Catherine Elizabeth Greer
1Thomas Frost1847
Parents Elijah Frost II + Amelia Abshire
Parents Elijah Frost II + Matilda Price
1Mary Frost18581861
2Houston Frost18601916
3Byron Frost18631950
5Ada Frost18691942
6Ida Frost18721949
8Vance Frost18771904
9Mae Frost18821969
10Elijah P Frost18861957
Parents William English Frost + Nancy Adeline Lacy
3Elijah Clay Frost18561909
10Clara Adeline Frost18721939
Parents Thomas Simpson Frost + Mary D Burlison
1Micajah Frost18631890
Parents Mathew Frost + Margaret C Robinson
Parents Mathew Frost + Nancy Jane Hale
2Sevier White Frost18641957
4Eugene Eli Frost18731954
5Ida M Frost18751875
Parents Mathew Frost + Henrietta Harriet Arnold
1Luther J Frost18721940
2Gay Frost18861974
Parents Isaac Newton Hickey + Nancy Ann Frost
Parents John Monroe Beaty Walker + Mary Adaline Frost
4Rhoda Emily Walker18601942
5James Young Walker18621939
7Mary White Walker18671894
8Bettie Walker18731944
Parents Mathias “Mathew” Baker + Elizabeth Jane Frost
1Mary A Baker1854
4John Bell Baker18601927
5Felix G Baker18631918
6Emelia J Baker18651884
Parents Pvt Jeremiah “Jerry” Gibson + Elizabeth Jane Frost
3Alice Lee Gibson18701964
4Hattie Gibson18731927
Parents William R Reynolds + Rhoda P Frost
Parents Sevier Frost + Elizabeth Savira McGlothlin
2William T Frost18681913
Parents Sevier Frost + Mary Rebecca “Molly” Peach
1Early Snow Frost18701927
2Hardy Lee Frost18721906
3Cora Ann Frost18741953
4Charles W Frost18751917
5Lee W Frost18781914
7Cecil Sevier Frost18811957
Parents White Frost + Eugenia C Buren
1Paul Emil Frost18701945
Parents Snow Frost + Elisa Ellen “Louisa” Bradshaw
2Charley W Frost18761877
3August Snow Frost18781917
4Ernest Snow Frost18801955
5Jessie Pearl Frost18821914
6Vesta Jane Frost18851918
Parents Winter Frost + Nancy J Snyder
Parents Winter Frost + Darthula Jane Johnson
2Arthur Mack Frost18721934
3Anna Mary Frost18741955
5Infant Son Frost18791879
6Onnie Frost18811881
Parents Young Brigham Frost + Mariah Katherine “Katie” Robey
1Anna M E Frost18701900
4Mattie Lee W Frost18781917

Mother's family (0)