The Shemwell Family

Omar D ArvinAge: 83 years18911975

Name
Omar D Arvin
Given names
Omar D
Surname
Arvin
Birth March 17, 1891 28 27

Birth of a sisterElla Arvin
March 11, 1893 (Age 23 months)

Death of a sisterElla Arvin
August 15, 1894 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherStrother Banks Arvin
January 22, 1895 (Age 3 years)

Birth of a brotherJennings Bryan Arvin
May 20, 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 paternal grandfatherWilliam Chapman Arvin
February 7, 1899 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterMelissa Frances Arvin
July 30, 1899 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth Arvin
June 29, 1901 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a brotherMichael Arvin
February 5, 1904 (Age 12 years)

Birth of a brotherReps Patrcik Arvin
December 2, 1905 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a brotherThomas Jefferson Arvin
July 3, 1908 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherFrances Elizabeth Jones
December 27, 1913 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 brotherStrother Banks Arvin
October 30, 1918 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 25 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 26 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 motherSarah Jane Arvin
August 14, 1922 (Age 31 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJamison Arvin
February 18, 1925 (Age 33 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
Death of a fatherReps Arvin
September 22, 1934 (Age 43 years)

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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 54 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 March 5, 1975 (Age 83 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1890Todd, Kentucky, United States
14 months
himself
2 years
younger sister
22 months
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Jennings Bryan Arvin
Birth: May 20, 1897 34 33
Death: May 5, 1982Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Melissa Frances Arvin
Birth: July 30, 1899 36 35
Death: December 27, 1982Christian, Kentucky, United States
23 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
22 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Thomas Jefferson Arvin
Birth: July 3, 1908 45 44Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 5, 1994

Omar D Arvin has 23 first cousins recorded