The Shemwell Family

Elva Lee StewartAge: 75 years19011977

Name
Elva Lee Stewart
Given names
Elva Lee
Surname
Stewart
Birth December 2, 1901
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/
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
MarriageBeulah WrightView this family
September 29, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Derrell Dean Stewart
December 3, 1936 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonDerrell Dean Stewart
January 6, 1938 (Age 36 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 38 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
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
Death August 5, 1977 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
Family with Beulah Wright - View this family
himself
Elva Lee Stewart
Birth: December 2, 1901Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: August 5, 1977Missouri, United States
wife
Beulah Wright
Birth: June 26, 1898 29 32Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: January 18, 1985Missouri, United States
Marriage: September 29, 1930Clay, Missouri, United States
6 years
son
Derrell Dean Stewart
Birth: December 3, 1936 35 38Missouri, United States
Death: January 6, 1938Missouri, United States

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Elva Lee Stewart - Household

1222 Indiana Ave Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Stewart, ElvaheadMW38MMOSame placeCarpenterBridge Construction
Stewart, BeulahwifeFW38MMOSame placeAutomobile Factory WorkerParts Factory