Orville OldhamAge: 75 years1890–1966
- Name
- Orville Oldham
- Given names
- Orville
- Surname
- Oldham
 Birth | November 26, 1890 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 |
 Religious marriage | Mary Jane Shemwell — View this family April 16, 1916 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 25 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Capt. Orville Oldham Jr. March 26, 1917 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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 23, 1920 (Age 29 years) |
 Divorce | Mary Jane Shemwell — View this family August 28, 1925 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 38 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 son | Capt. Orville Oldham Jr. February 12, 1944 (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 |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 55 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 | September 1966 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with Mary Jane Shemwell |
| himself |
Orville Oldham Birth: November 26, 1890 — Missouri, United States Death: September 1966 — Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States |
| ex-wife |
Mary Jane Shemwell Birth: March 1896 26 26 — Colorado, United States Death: |
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Marriage: April 16, 1916 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Divorce: August 28, 1925 — Pueblo, Colorado, United States |
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11 months son |
Capt. Orville Oldham Jr. Birth: March 26, 1917 26 21 — La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States Death: February 12, 1944 |
| Private + Mary Jane Shemwell |
| wife’s husband |
Private |
| ex-wife |
Mary Jane Shemwell Birth: March 1896 26 26 — Colorado, United States Death: |
No family available
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Orville Oldham - Household
South Olive Street Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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