The Shemwell Family

Pauline Lois HollandAge: 84 years19141999

Name
Pauline Lois Holland
Given names
Pauline Lois
Surname
Holland
Married name
Pauline Lois Webb
Birth June 8, 1914 18
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 2 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 3 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 31, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterIna Marie Webb
January 31, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Thomas “Tom” WebbOpal Ruth HollandView this family
June 19, 1923 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 12, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherCharles Elmer “Charlie” Holland
October 21, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Note: Death Certificate says parents are George Holland and Ann Hunter - Hunter is his grandmother and George(Uncle) is married with other children in 1880
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Census April 12, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 motherOpal Ruth Holland
July 30, 1970 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 husbandVirgil Keith Webb
November 26, 1977 (Age 63 years)
Death of a half-sisterIna Marie Webb
May 8, 1990 (Age 75 years)
Death February 19, 1999 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Webb Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
mother
Opal Ruth Holland
Birth: December 29, 1895 23 19Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: July 30, 1970Miller, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
herself
Pauline Lois Holland
Birth: June 8, 1914 18Red Oak, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: February 19, 1999Springfield, Henry, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with James Thomas “Tom” Webb - View this family
step-father
mother
Opal Ruth Holland
Birth: December 29, 1895 23 19Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: July 30, 1970Miller, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 19, 1923Los Angeles, California, United States
-2 years
half-sister
Family with Virgil Keith Webb - View this family
husband
Virgil Keith Webb
Birth: August 20, 1904 19 18Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: November 26, 1977Miller, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
herself
Pauline Lois Holland
Birth: June 8, 1914 18Red Oak, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: February 19, 1999Springfield, Henry, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Elmer “Charlie” Holland - Household

Red Oak, Lawrence, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Holland, Charlie EheadMW46WdILILILFarmerGeneral Farm
Holland, Opal RdaughterFW24SMOILMO
Holland, Ira OsonMW19SMOILMOFarm LaborerHome Farm
Holland, John WsonMW5SMOILMO
Holland, Pauline Lgrand daughterFW5SMOMOMO

Pauline is Opal's daughter -b

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Webb - Household

Red Oak, Lawrence, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Webb, Tom JheadMW45M17MOKYMOLaborerOdd Jobs
Holland, Opal RwifeFW34M27MOILMO
Webb, Ina MdaughterFW9SMOMOMO
Holland, Pauline Lstep daughterFW15SMOMOMO
Holland, Ira Obrother in lawMW29SMOILMOLaborerOdd Jobs