The Shemwell Family

Heloise Doris BlattAge: 58 years19091967

Name
Heloise Doris Blatt
Given names
Heloise Doris
Surname
Blatt
Married name
Heloise Doris Stubby
Married name
Heloise Doris Sprague
Also known as
Heloise N Gray
Birth 1909 25 21
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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
Marriage of a parentGeorge Neil BlattRosa Lee “Rosalie” ShemwellView this family
calculated 1918 (Age 9 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 9 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 January 9, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEva Ann Cramer
May 31, 1921 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 21 years)
Death of a fatherBernice Wesley Gray
March 31, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Cause: Heart Attack
Death of a maternal grandfatherSylvester Penic Shemwell
March 10, 1936 (Age 27 years)
Address: County Home
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 41 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 37 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 November 1967 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park I
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father
Bernice Wesley Gray
Birth: March 18, 1883Cole, Missouri, United States
Death: March 31, 1933Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: December 20, 1904Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Bernice Lee Blatt
Birth: March 4, 1907 23 19Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: April 3, 1973Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States
3 years
herself
Heloise Doris Blatt
Birth: 1909 25 21Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 1967Broward, Florida, United States
Mother’s family with George Neil Blatt - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1918
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husband
Private
herself
Heloise Doris Blatt
Birth: 1909 25 21Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 1967Broward, Florida, United States
Family with Roy Erwin Sprague - View this family
husband
Roy Erwin Sprague
Birth: March 1, 1912 33 20Brooklyn, New York, United States
Death: April 1, 1986Palm Beach, Florida, United States
herself
Heloise Doris Blatt
Birth: 1909 25 21Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 1967Broward, Florida, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Bernice W Gray - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gray, BerniaheadMW25M16MOMOUSForemanRailroad Section
Gray, Rosa LwifeFW23M1632MOKYMO
Gray, Bernice LdaughterFW4SMOMOMO
Gray, HeloisedaughterFW7mSMOMOMO
Shemwell, Sylvesterfather in lawMW53M132KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Shemwell, Eva Amother in lawFW50M13253MOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household

1210 Oneida Street Joliet, Will, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Blatt, George NheadMW43MILDenmarkDanishILLawyerGeneral Practice
Blatt, RosaliewifeFW32MMOKYMO
Blatt, LoisdaughterFW14SILILMO
Blatt, Bernice LdaughterFW12SMOILMO
Blatt, GeorgesonMW11SILILMO
Blatt, HeloisedaughterFW12SMOILMO

Bernice & Heloise Gray are listed as Blatt

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Neil Blatt - Household

631 Western Ave Joliet, Will, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Blatt, George NheadMW53M28ILDenmarkILLawyerOwn office
Blatt, RosaliewifeFW42M17MOKYKY
Blatt, Bernice LeesonMW23SMOTNIL
Blatt, George NsonMW22SILTNIL
Blatt, Heloise DdaughterFW20SMOTNIL

Bernice & Heloise Gray are listed as Blatt, Bernice is now a son? -b