The Shemwell Family

Name
Louis “Lev” Schnair
Given names
Louis
Surname
Schnair
Nickname
Lev
Also known as
Louis Schneir
Also known as
Louis Schnier
Also known as
Levi b Efraim
Also known as
Louis Schneider
Also known as
Louis Schnaier
Birth July 14, 1874
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
MarriageLibby CzalickView this family
about 1899 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jack Schnair
about 1899 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Fred Schnair
July 21, 1900 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Murray “Moe” Schnair
February 12, 1905 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Sally Schnair
July 6, 1907 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Rae Schnaier
1910 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Anna Schnaier
August 28, 1915 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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/
Marriage

Fred SchnairMary WisemanView this family
June 21, 1921 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childFred SchnairMary WisemanView this family
Type: Religious marriage
June 21, 1921 (Age 46 years)
Associate: Louis “Lev” Schnair
Associate: Libby Czalick
Birth of a daughter
#7
Evelyn Eve Schnaier
December 9, 1921 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sylvia Schneir
September 21, 1922 (Age 48 years)
Associate: Fred Schnair
Associate: Mary Wiseman
Marriage of a childMorris ReepsSally SchnairView this family
June 12, 1927 (Age 52 years)
Note: Marriage Record found in "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1969"
US Department of Labor - Alien Certificate
Alien Certificate
December 13, 1928 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 55 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Gary Charles Barles
August 24, 1948 (Age 74 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 75 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
Marriage of a childSamuel Jacob RosenzweigSally SchnairView this family
between 1951 and 1954 (Age 76 years)

Note: Marriage info based on 1950 Census and 1954 Naturalization paperwork for Sally
Marriage of a childMurray “Moe” SchnairIda LevineView this family
May 12, 1955 (Age 80 years)
Marriage of a childMurray “Moe” SchnairFlorence R EwensView this family
June 1, 1961 (Age 86 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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 May 2, 1962 (Age 87 years)
Associate: Ephraim Schnair
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Agudath Achim Cemetery
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