The Shemwell Family

Lynn Presley ClarkAge: 78 years19101989

Name
Lynn Presley Clark
Given names
Lynn Presley
Surname
Clark
Birth October 30, 1910
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
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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
MarriageLauna Evelyn GinnView this family
September 29, 1932 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Gail Lynn Clark
November 24, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
October 16, 1940 (Age 29 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
Census April 14, 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
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 July 11, 1989 (Age 78 years)
Family with Launa Evelyn Ginn - View this family
himself
Lynn Presley Clark
Birth: October 30, 1910Portalis, New Mexico, United States
Death: July 11, 1989Stanislaus, California, United States
wife
Launa Evelyn Ginn
Birth: February 3, 1915 33 27Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 14, 1995Merced, California, United States
Marriage: September 29, 1932Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
7 years
daughter
Gail Lynn Clark
Birth: November 24, 1939 29 24Marysville, Yuba, California, United States
Death: March 11, 2012Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
Private + Launa Evelyn Ginn - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife
Launa Evelyn Ginn
Birth: February 3, 1915 33 27Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 14, 1995Merced, California, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lynn Presley Clark - Household

Elm St. Sutter, Sutter, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Clark, LynnheadMW29MNMRHickoryTXFarm WorkerFarm
Clark, LaunaXwifeFW25MOKRHickoryTX
Clark, Gail LynndaughterFW4mSCA

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Lynn Presley Clark - Household

630 2nd St. Scotia, Humboldt, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Clark, Lynn PheadMW39MarNMSticking MachineLumber
Clark, Launa EwifeFW35MarOK
Clark, Gail LdaughterFW10NevCA