The Shemwell Family

Elvira W Young1904

Name
Elvira W Young
Given names
Elvira W
Surname
Young
Birth May 13, 1904 33 29
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Alice Llewellyn Bunting
February 27, 1905 (Age 9 months)

Birth of a sisterAlice Llewellyn Young
December 7, 1907 (Age 3 years)
Census April 15, 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
Historical Event
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
Historical Event
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 11, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherLola May Carpenter
August 11, 1941 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 fatherDr. Samuel Davis Young
May 24, 1947 (Age 43 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
Death of a sisterAlice Llewellyn Young
August 12, 1967 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Carpenter Young Sr.
March 9, 1970 (Age 65 years)
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
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father
Dr. Samuel Davis Young
Birth: March 2, 1871Henderson, Vance, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 24, 1947Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
mother
Lola May Carpenter
Birth: May 12, 1875 35 21St. Mary's, Maryland, United States
Death: August 11, 1941Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Marriage: 1900
17 months
elder brother
Walter Carpenter Young Sr.
Birth: June 9, 1901 30 26Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Death: March 9, 1970La Hoya, San Diego, California, United States
3 years
herself
Elvira W Young
Birth: May 13, 1904 33 29Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Death:
4 years
younger sister
Alice Llewellyn Young
Birth: December 7, 1907 36 32Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
Death: August 12, 1967Grosse Pointe, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Elvira W Young has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Samuel Davis Young - Household

Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Young, S DheadMW39M10NCUSUSmanagerShow Lane Co
Young, Lola wifeFW33M1033MDUSUS
Young, Walter CsonMW8SMINCMD
Young, ElviradaughterFW5SMINCMD
Young, AlicedaughterFW3SMINCMD

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Dr. Samuel Davis Young - Household

Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Young, Samuel DheadMW59M29NCNCNCmanufactureroffice equipment
Young, Lola MwifeFW54M24MDMDMD
Young, Elvira WdaughterFW25SMINCMD