The Shemwell Family

Ovella Audrey HooperAge: 68 years19101978

Name
Ovella Audrey Hooper
Given names
Ovella Audrey
Surname
Hooper
Married name
Ovella Audrey Miller
Birth July 27, 1910 28 23
Birth of a brotherLuther Wayne Hooper
September 30, 1913 (Age 3 years)
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
Marriage of a parentEdmund RalstonMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1918 and 1920 (Age 7 years)

Death of a fatherLuther Erie Hooper
1918 (Age 7 years)
Note: Known in the family that he died in the 1918 flu epidemic
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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-sisterJean Reigh Ralston
June 2, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentMichael Leroy TroutmanMary Mae McGeheeView this family
between 1921 and 1925 (Age 10 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Gordon McGehee
July 9, 1921 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDonald Leroy Troutman
June 23, 1926 (Age 15 years)
Death of a motherMary Mae McGehee
May 23, 1929 (Age 18 years)
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)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 29 years)
MarriagePhillip Clark MillerView this family
between 1941 and 1949 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 of a maternal grandmotherHarriette A “Hattie” Howell
November 21, 1945 (Age 35 years)
Residence 1949 (Age 38 years)
Census May 10, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 of a sisterOlive Fern Hooper
July 10, 1958 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 October 1978 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Lawns 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
elder sister
Olive Fern Hooper
Birth: May 15, 1906 24 19Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: July 10, 1958Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States
23 months
elder sister
Vivian L Hooper
Birth: April 16, 1908 26 20Arkansas, United States
Death: February 12, 1996Grove, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
herself
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 Phillip Clark Miller - View this family
husband
Phillip Clark Miller
Birth: January 31, 1908 27 24Kansas, United States
Death: October 1980El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States
herself
Ovella Audrey Hooper
Birth: July 27, 1910 28 23Arkansas, United States
Death: October 1978El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States
Marriage: between 1941 and 1949Eldorado, Butler, Kansas, United States

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

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ovella Audrey Hooper - Household

El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hooper, Ovella AheadR10FW19SNYARARARYTelephone OperatorTelephone Office9979WY
Hooper, Luther WbrotherMW16SYYARARARY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Jean Reigh Ralston - Household

El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Ralston, Jean RheadFW19SNKSEl DoradoButlerKansasSwitchboard OperatorTelephonePW52909N
Hooper, Ovella ApartnerFW29SNAREl DoradoButlerKansas

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Phillip Miller - Household

319 Rave El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Miller, PhillipheadMW42MKansasW40Billing ClerkOil RefineryP
Miller, Ovella AwifeFW40MArkansasW40Telephone OperatorBell TelephoneP