The Shemwell Family

Viola RameyAge: 86 years19142000

Name
Viola Ramey
Given names
Viola
Surname
Ramey
Married name
Viola Clark
Birth April 1, 1914 21 21
twin: Viona Ramey
Birth
Viona Ramey
April 1, 1914 21 21
Birth of a sisterViona Ramey
April 1, 1914
twin: Viola Ramey
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 months)

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 2 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 3 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/
Census February 14, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterOttava LaFern Ramey
May 29, 1924 (Age 10 years)
Marriage of a parentOtto Elbert RameyOpal A LeeView this family
estimated 1924 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 26, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a half-sisterOttava LaFern Ramey
1931 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Irene Yocum
April 14, 1933 (Age 19 years)
Marriage of a parentOtto Elbert RameyVenus Ruth WebbView this family
estimated 1938 (Age 23 years)

Census May 6, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherElbert Thornton Ramey
February 3, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 paternal grandmotherNellie May Alleman
February 16, 1954 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherOtto Elbert Ramey
March 18, 1959 (Age 44 years)
Death of a motherGrace Elizabeth Canfield
August 28, 1975 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 husbandVirgil Charles Clark
January 3, 1997 (Age 82 years)
Death August 2, 2000 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Vernon Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Grace Elizabeth Canfield
Birth: April 25, 1892 31 24Kansas, United States
Death: August 28, 1975Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
Marriage: calculated 1912
2 years
herself
Viola Ramey
Birth: April 1, 1914 21 21Jennings, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 2, 2000Fair Oaks, Sacramento, California, United States
twin sister
Viona Ramey
Birth: April 1, 1914 21 21Jennings, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 1, 2001Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
Father’s family with Venus Ruth Webb - View this family
father
step-mother
Venus Ruth Webb
Birth: September 18, 1907Laclede, Linn, Missouri, United States
Death: January 31, 1990Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: estimated 1938
Father’s family with Opal A Lee - View this family
father
step-mother
Opal A Lee
Birth: March 25, 1899Jefferson, Kansas, United States
Death: January 7, 1937Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: estimated 1924
5 months
half-sister
Ottava LaFern Ramey
Birth: May 29, 1924 31 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: 1931Oklahoma, United States
Family with Virgil Charles Clark - View this family
husband
Virgil Charles Clark
Birth: April 11, 1914Glasco, Cloud, Kansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1997Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States
herself
Viola Ramey
Birth: April 1, 1914 21 21Jennings, Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 2, 2000Fair Oaks, Sacramento, California, United States
daughter
Private

Viola Ramey has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (3)

Parents Charles Franklin Ham + Opal Mae Ramey
1Oma Laverne Ham19131999
2Lelia Verdelle Ham19161993
3Virgil Charles Ham19221998

Mother's family (0)

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mary Irene Yocum - Household

Mcelroy, Pawnee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Canfield, Mary IheadFW51WdOHOHOH
Canfield, NathansonMW18SOKOHOHPumperOil Field
Canfield, Clilia AdaughterFW13SOKOHOH
Canfield, Grace EdaughterFW27WdKSOHOH
Canfield, Violagrand daughterFW5SOKOHOH
Canfield, Vionagrand daughterFW5SOKOHOH

Grace & kids are Canfields she is widowed

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Grace Elizabeth Canfield - Household

Glasco, Cloud, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Canfield, GraceheadFW37DKSOHOHEgg CarderProduce House
Ramey, VioladaughterFW16SOKOKKS
Ramey, VionadaughterFW16SOKOKKS

Grace is now Divorced using maiden name