The Shemwell Family

Paul TappanAge: 64 years18861951

Name
Paul Tappan
Given names
Paul
Surname
Tappan
Birth December 4, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageLaura Maryland CarpenterView this family
September 11, 1909 (Age 22 years)
Residence 1916 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 30, 1920 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 63 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 59 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 7, 1951 (Age 64 years)

Family with Laura Maryland Carpenter - View this family
himself
Paul Tappan
Birth: December 4, 1886Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: August 7, 1951
wife
Marriage: September 11, 1909Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Charles Payson Blinn Jr. + Laura Maryland Carpenter - View this family
wife’s husband
Charles Payson Blinn Jr.
Birth: December 5, 1879Massachusetts, United States
Death: November 22, 1966Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
wife
Marriage: April 13, 1937Alexandria, Virginia, United States
-13 years
step-daughter
Laura Maryland Carpenter Blinn
Birth: September 12, 1924 44 41Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: February 19, 2006Hopewell Junction, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Paul Tappan - Household

Lower Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Montgomery Ave.

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tappan, PaulheadMW34MMAMAMABrokerOffice
Tappan, Laura CwifeFW34MMDMDMD