The Shemwell Family

William Andrew AlexanderAge: 28 years19101939

Name
William Andrew Alexander
Given names
William Andrew
Surname
Alexander
Birth April 13, 1910
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 19 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 5, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Death April 8, 1939 (Age 28 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Hill Cemetery
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himself
William Andrew Alexander
Birth: April 13, 1910Longwood, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: April 8, 1939Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri, United States
wife
Susan Hughes
Birth: May 3, 1910 36 22Longwood, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: March 17, 1943Carroll, Carrollton, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
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wife’s husband
Private
wife
Susan Hughes
Birth: May 3, 1910 36 22Longwood, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: March 17, 1943Carroll, Carrollton, Missouri, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Andrew Alexander - Household

Carroll, Carrollton, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Alexander, William AheadMW19M17MOMOMOProprietorpressing shop
Alexander, SusanwifeFW19M17MOMOMObookkeeperpressing shop