The Shemwell Family

Elmer Todd FrostAge: 67 years18901957

Name
Elmer Todd Frost
Given names
Elmer Todd
Surname
Frost
Birth December 31, 1890 30 28
Birth of a sisterEdith Frost
January 8, 1895 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherCecil Ernest Frost
November 21, 1897 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Ward
February 1, 1902 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Frost II
November 28, 1904 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterClara Frost
April 21, 1914 (Age 23 years)
Burial of a sisterClara Frost
April 23, 1914 (Age 23 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery
Death of a fatherHouston Frost
September 18, 1916 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherHouston Frost Jr.
July 8, 1917 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 26 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 27 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherMatilda Price
April 9, 1921 (Age 30 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Catherine Jobe
January 13, 1928 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherSidney Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ward
January 25, 1928 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 sisterEdith Frost
October 16, 1947 (Age 56 years)
Burial of a sisterEdith Frost
October 20, 1947 (Age 56 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cloverdale Memorial Park
Death of a sisterLillian M Frost
December 16, 1953 (Age 62 years)
Burial of a sisterLillian M Frost
December 19, 1953 (Age 62 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cloverdale Memorial Park
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 brotherRaleigh Frost
October 9, 1956 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 December 31, 1957 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 16, 1879Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
15 months
elder brother
Houston Frost Jr.
Birth: February 9, 1881 20 18Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: July 8, 1917Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
20 months
elder sister
Lillian M Frost
Birth: October 24, 1882 21 19Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: December 16, 1953Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years
elder brother
Raleigh Frost
Birth: October 31, 1884 23 21Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: October 9, 1956Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
3 years
elder sister
Clara Frost
Birth: November 28, 1887 27 25Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: April 21, 1914Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
3 years
himself
Elmer Todd Frost
Birth: December 31, 1890 30 28Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: December 31, 1957Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
4 years
younger sister
Edith Frost
Birth: January 8, 1895 34 32Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: October 16, 1947Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
3 years
younger brother
Cecil Ernest Frost
Birth: November 21, 1897 37 35Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: March 3, 1990

Elmer Todd Frost has 9 first cousins recorded