The Shemwell Family

Delmar Samuel JohnstonAge: 91 years18861978

Name
Delmar Samuel Johnston
Given names
Delmar Samuel
Surname
Johnston
Birth August 7, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
MarriageClara FrostView this family
November 8, 1908 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Orval Johnston
November 12, 1909 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lela Johnston
September 7, 1911 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Clare Johnston
April 11, 1914 (Age 27 years)
Death of a wifeClara Frost
April 21, 1914 (Age 27 years)
Burial of a wifeClara Frost
April 23, 1914 (Age 27 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Canyon Hill Cemetery
Death of a daughterClare Johnston
July 21, 1915 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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 43 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Orval Gene Johnston
July 11, 1934 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 55 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 63 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 59 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 April 11, 1978 (Age 91 years)
Family with Clara Frost - View this family
himself
Delmar Samuel Johnston
Birth: August 7, 1886Shasta, California, United States
Death: April 11, 1978Star, Ada, Idaho, United States
wife
Clara Frost
Birth: November 28, 1887 27 25Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: April 21, 1914Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Marriage: November 8, 1908Canyon, Idaho, United States
1 year
son
Orval Johnston
Birth: November 12, 1909 23 21Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: May 26, 2003Emmett, Gem, Idaho, United States
22 months
daughter
Lela Johnston
Birth: September 7, 1911 25 23Valley, Idaho, United States
Death: May 29, 2001
3 years
daughter
Clare Johnston
Birth: April 11, 1914 27 26Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: July 21, 1915Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States

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