The Shemwell Family

Joseph Hershel “Joe” KluttsAge: 72 years19051977

Name
Joseph Hershel “Joe” Klutts
Given names
Joseph Hershel
Surname
Klutts
Nickname
Joe
Birth January 3, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
MarriageBlanch Mable HopkinsView this family
March 24, 1927 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 16, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 44 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 wifeBlanch Mable Hopkins
March 1965 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 October 31, 1977 (Age 72 years)
Family with Blanch Mable Hopkins - View this family
himself
Joseph Hershel “Joe” Klutts
Birth: January 3, 1905Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 31, 1977Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marriage: March 24, 1927Perry, Noble, Oklahoma, United States
Walter William Walton + Blanch Mable Hopkins - View this family
wife’s husband
Walter William Walton
Birth: November 3, 1894Kansas, United States
Death: February 20, 1958Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage: December 22, 1915Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
step-son
Walter Robert “Bobby” Walton
Birth: June 26, 1918 23 23Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Death: November 6, 1983Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Washington Hopkins - Household

808 North Ash Street Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hopkins, George WheadMW81WdOHDEOHRetired
Klutts, Joeson in lawMW30M25OKTXTXBarberShop
Klutts, BlanchdaughterFW35M20OKOHMO
Walton, BobbiegrandsonMW11SMOTXOK

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Hershel “Joe” Klutts - Household

368 E Vilas Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Klutts, JosephXheadMW35MOKSame PlaceBarberOwn Shop
Klutts, BlanchwifeFW45MOKSame Place
Walton, Bobbiestep sonMW21SOKSame Place