The Shemwell Family

Nathan Canfield1902

Name
Nathan Canfield
Given names
Nathan
Surname
Canfield
Birth 1902 41 33
Birth of a sisterClilia Canfield
1907 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Franklin Canfield
August 24, 1909 (Age 7 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 motherMary Irene Yocum
April 14, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 48 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 sisterGrace Elizabeth Canfield
August 28, 1975 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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
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Grace Elizabeth Canfield
Birth: April 25, 1892 31 24Kansas, United States
Death: August 28, 1975Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
11 years
himself
6 years
younger sister

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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