The Shemwell Family

Orr VanStavernAge: 57 years18891947

Name
Orr VanStavern
Given names
Orr
Surname
VanStavern
Birth December 28, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
MarriageDora Dell FrenchView this family
October 23, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Alva Nile VanStavern
October 11, 1911 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Wallace Owen VanStavern
March 31, 1913 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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/
Birth of a son
#3
Estel Clayton VanStavern
November 16, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 39 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 13, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Lawrence Donald VanStavern
December 30, 1931 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childAlva Nile VanStavernMarie Josephine MeyersView this family
November 21, 1936 (Age 46 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Wallace Neil VanStavern
June 29, 1942 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Robert Ray VanStavern
July 12, 1943 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childEstel Clayton VanStavernElizabeth Helen FieldView this family
July 24, 1943 (Age 53 years)

Death of a grandsonRobert Ray VanStavern
December 16, 1943 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 51 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Margaret Ruth VanStavern
March 10, 1946 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 3, 1947 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McBride Cemetery
Family with Dora Dell French - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: October 23, 1910Laclede, Missouri, United States
1 year
son
Alva Nile VanStavern
Birth: October 11, 1911 21 19Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: March 5, 1986Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
18 months
son
Wallace Owen VanStavern
Birth: March 31, 1913 23 20Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 12, 1993Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
8 years
son
Estel Clayton VanStavern
Birth: November 16, 1920 30 28Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 17, 2003Manassas, Manassas, Virginia, United States
11 years
son
Lawrence Donald VanStavern
Birth: December 30, 1931 42 39Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: February 10, 1995Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Orr VanStavern - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
VanStavern, OrrheadMW40M19MOWVWVFarmerGeneral Farm
VanStavern, Dora DwifeFW37M18WAILMO
VanStavern, Alva NsonMW18SMOMOWA
VanStavern, Wallace OsonMW17SMOMOWA
VanStavern, Estel CsonMW10SMOMOWA

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Orr VanStavern - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
VanStavern, OrrheadMW50MMOsame houseFarmerFarm
VanStavern, Dora DwifeFW47MWAsame house
VanStavern, DonaldsonMW9SMOsame house