The Shemwell Family

Olive Fern HooperAge: 52 years19061958

Name
Olive Fern Hooper
Given names
Olive Fern
Surname
Hooper
Married name
Olive Fern Richards
Birth May 15, 1906 24 19
Birth of a sisterVivian L Hooper
April 16, 1908 (Age 23 months)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterOvella Audrey Hooper
July 27, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLuther Wayne Hooper
September 30, 1913 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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
Death of a fatherLuther Erie Hooper
1918 (Age 11 years)
Note: Known in the family that he died in the 1918 flu epidemic
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 11 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 1, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-sisterJean Reigh Ralston
June 2, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Marriage of a parentEdmund RalstonMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1918 and 1920 (Age 11 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Gordon McGehee
July 9, 1921 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Betty Fern Richards
November 26, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Marriage of a parentMichael Leroy TroutmanMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1921 and 1925 (Age 14 years)

Census 1925 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDonald Leroy Troutman
June 23, 1926 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Lewis Richards
February 14, 1927 (Age 20 years)
Death of a motherMary Mae McGehee
May 23, 1929 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 14, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Bruce Wesley Richards
December 9, 1944 (Age 38 years)
Death of a sonBruce Wesley Richards
April 18, 1945 (Age 38 years)
Associate: Noble Everett Richards Sr
Associate: Olive Fern Hooper
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Death
Bruce Wesley Richards
April 18, 1945 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherHarriette A “Hattie” Howell
November 21, 1945 (Age 39 years)
Census May 2, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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
Death July 10, 1958 (Age 52 years)
Obituary
Newspaper Obituary
after July 10, 1958

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Luther Erie Hooper
Birth: February 13, 1882 22 27Alpena, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: 1918Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Marriage: May 29, 1905Washington, Arkansas, United States
1 year
herself
Olive Fern Hooper
Birth: May 15, 1906 24 19Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: July 10, 1958Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States
23 months
younger sister
Vivian L Hooper
Birth: April 16, 1908 26 20Arkansas, United States
Death: February 12, 1996Grove, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ovella Audrey Hooper
Birth: July 27, 1910 28 23Arkansas, United States
Death: October 1978El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Luther Wayne Hooper
Birth: September 30, 1913 31 26Rogers, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 8, 1995Jefferson, Colorado, United States
Mother’s family with Edmund Ralston - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: between 1918 and 1920
2 years
half-sister
Jean Reigh Ralston
Birth: June 2, 1920 50 33Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: October 16, 2006El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States
Mother’s family with Michael Leroy Troutman - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: between 1921 and 1925
6 years
half-brother
Donald Leroy Troutman
Birth: June 23, 1926 40 39El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: February 15, 2008Chico, Butte, California, United States
Family with Noble Everett Richards Sr - View this family
husband
Noble Everett Richards Sr
Birth: October 15, 1897 26 21Ottumwa, Coffey, Kansas, United States
Death: August 31, 1984Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States
herself
Olive Fern Hooper
Birth: May 15, 1906 24 19Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: July 10, 1958Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States
daughter
Betty Fern Richards
Birth: November 26, 1923 26 17Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: January 28, 2009Pinellas, Florida, United States
daughter
Private
son
Robert Lewis Richards
Birth: February 14, 1927 29 20Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: January 10, 2010Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States
son
Private
son
Bruce Wesley Richards
Birth: December 9, 1944 47 38Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States
Death: April 18, 1945Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States

Olive Fern Hooper has 14 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Luther Erie Hooper - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hooper, Luther EheadMW27M5ARARTNENGLaborerRailroadWN3YYRH
Hooper, Mary MwifeFW22M522ARMOARYY
Hooper, Olive FdaughterFW4SMOARAR
Hooper, Vivian LdaughterFW2SARARAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Edmund Ralston - Household

Butler, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ralston, EdmundheadRMW50MPAPAPAYCookRestaurant
Hooper, Mary MwifeFW32MARMOARYCookRestaurant
Hooper, Olive Fstep daughterFW14SMOARARY
Hooper, Vivian Lstep daughterFW12SARARARY
Hooper, Ovella Astep daughterFW9SARARAR
Hooper, Luther Wstep sonMW6SARARAR

CensusKansas, United States - Census transcript - Noble Everett Richards Sr. - Household

Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Richards, Noble EheadMW27MKSDay Labor
Hooper, Olive FwifeFW19MMO
Richards, Betty FdaughterFW1SKS