The Shemwell Family

Ruth Mary HollanAge: 68 years19151983

Name
Ruth Mary Hollan
Given names
Ruth Mary
Surname
Hollan
Married name
Ruth Mary Todd
Birth September 20, 1915 27 21
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 months)

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 months)

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 2 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 5, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Lemuel Christian
April 2, 1925 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherEmma Inez Walton
May 5, 1931 (Age 15 years)

Census May 11, 1940 (Age 24 years)
MarriageRay ToddView this family
about 1941 (Age 25 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Marriage of a parentWalter Richard YoungerInez Mary ChristianView this family
about 1947 (Age 31 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 30 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 of a motherInez Mary Christian
August 10, 1979 (Age 63 years)
Death September 29, 1983 (Age 68 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 25, 1912Craig, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
elder brother
21 months
herself
Ruth Mary Hollan
Birth: September 20, 1915 27 21Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1983Nevada, California, United States
Mother’s family with Walter Richard Younger - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1947
Family with Ray Todd - View this family
husband
Ray Todd
Birth: May 14, 1914Locust Grove, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 15, 2005Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States
herself
Ruth Mary Hollan
Birth: September 20, 1915 27 21Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1983Nevada, California, United States
Marriage: about 1941

Ruth Mary Hollan has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - David Harrison Hollan - Household

Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hollan, David HheadMW31MTXTXTXmachinistoil company
Hollan, Inez CwifeFW25MMOMOIL
Hollan, George DsonMW6SOKTXMO
Hollan, Ruth MdaughterFW4SMOTXMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Inez Mary Christian - Household

Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hollan, Inez MheadFW46WdMOcookcafe
Hollan, Ruth MdaughterFW24SMOstenographerbicycle shop