The Shemwell Family

Edward Leach CartlidgeAge: 70 years19011971

Name
Edward Leach Cartlidge
Given names
Edward Leach
Surname
Cartlidge
Birth May 31, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
Religious marriageDorothy Louise RichardsView this family
January 26, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jack Edward Cartlidge
May 8, 1924 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 18, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 48 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 44 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 July 17, 1971 (Age 70 years)
Family with Dorothy Louise Richards - View this family
himself
Edward Leach Cartlidge
Birth: May 31, 1901Mexico City, Republic of Mexico
Death: July 17, 1971Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, United States
wife
Marriage: January 26, 1922Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
son
Jack Edward Cartlidge
Birth: May 8, 1924 22 24Blackwell, Kay, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 1, 2006Florida, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Edward Leach Cartlidge - Household

Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cartlidge, Edward LheadMW29M21Republic of MexicoKSUSadvertising managerldaily newspaper
Cartlidge, Dorothy wifeFW30M22MOKSMO
Cartlidge, Jack EsonMW5SOKRepublic of MexicoMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edward Leach Cartlidge - Household

Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cartlidge, Edward headMW38MRepublic of Mexicoadvertisement salesmancity newspaper
Cartlidge, Dorothy wifeFW39MMO
Cartlidge, Jack sonMW15SOK