The Shemwell Family

Ada B TraversAge: 52 years19111963

Name
Ada B Travers
Given names
Ada B
Surname
Travers
Married name
Ada B Rudy
Birth 1911 22 20
Marriage of parentsJohn Sidney TraversAda Virginia BlankView this family
calculated 1911

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/
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 9 years)
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
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn H Travers
June 15, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCatherine J
November 23, 1933 (Age 22 years)
MarriageKenneth Lee RudyView this family
calculated 1939 (Age 28 years)

Census April 15, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Sidney Lee Rudy
February 16, 1944 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 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
Death of a fatherJohn Sidney Travers
December 24, 1961 (Age 50 years)
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 April 5, 1963 (Age 52 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Loudon Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Sidney Travers
Birth: November 2, 1888 29 31Laurel, Prince George's, Maryland, United States
Death: December 24, 1961Elkridge, Howard, Maryland, United States
mother
Marriage: calculated 1911
1 year
herself
Ada B Travers
Birth: 1911 22 20Maryland, United States
Death: April 5, 1963Elkrldge, Howard, Maryland, United States
Family with Kenneth Lee Rudy - View this family
husband
herself
Ada B Travers
Birth: 1911 22 20Maryland, United States
Death: April 5, 1963Elkrldge, Howard, Maryland, United States
Marriage: calculated 1939
5 years
son
Sidney Lee Rudy
Birth: February 16, 1944 34 33Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Death: March 1979

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Sidney Travers - Household

Dist 1 West of center of Washington Pike Elk Ridge, Howard, Maryland

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Travers, John SheadMW30MMDDCMDStation EngineerPower House
Travers, AdawifeFW24MMDMDMD
Travers, AdadaughterFW8SMDMDMD

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Sidney Travers - Household

Levering Avenue Elk Ridge, Howard, Maryland

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Travers, J SidneyheadMW41M23MDDCMDEngineerWater Works
Travers, Ada TwifeFW37M18MDMDMD
Travers, Ada BdaughterFW18SMDMDMD

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Kenneth Lee Rudy - Household

Levering Avenue ElkRidge, Howard, Maryland

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Rudy, Kenneth LeeheadMW30MMDBaltimoreMDDining Car ClerkSteam Rail Road
Rudy, Ada TraverswifeFW28MMDSame Place

Next door to Ada's parents