The Shemwell Family

Mable M Thomas1905

Name
Mable M Thomas
Given names
Mable M
Surname
Thomas
Birth 1905 29
Marriage of a parentGeorge Alonzo ThomasIda Mae ShemwellView this family
October 1907 (Age 2 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
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World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 13 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 17, 1920 (Age 15 years)
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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
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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
Death of a fatherGeorge Alonzo Thomas
March 15, 1949 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 41 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 sisterGrace M Thomas
May 28, 1977 (Age 72 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1898
5 years
elder sister
Grace M Thomas
Birth: 1902 26Missouri, United States
Death: May 28, 1977Missouri, United States
4 years
herself
Father’s family with Ida Mae Shemwell - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: October 1907Saline, Missouri, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George A Thomas - Household

Saline, MO

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Thomas,George AheadMW34M2243MOUSUSPainterHouse Work
Thomas, Ida MaewifeFW39M2243MOKYMO
Thomas, Grace MdaughterFW8SMOMOMO
Thomas, Mable MdaughterFW5SMOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George A Thomas - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Thomas, GeorgeheadMW44MMOMOMOPainter
Thomas, IdawifeFW50MMOKYMOWaitress - Hotel Manager
Thomas, MabledaughterFW15SMOMOMO