The Shemwell Family

Alice Margaret Gentz1906

Name
Alice Margaret Gentz
Given names
Alice Margaret
Surname
Gentz
Married name
Alice Margaret Long
Birth about 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
MarriageEllison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Jr.View this family
estimated 1928 (Age 22 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 7, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Ellie Wilburn Long III
October 4, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 44 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Michael Walter Long
February 14, 1954 (Age 48 years)
Death of a husbandEllison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Jr.
February 16, 1959 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 of a grandsonMichael Walter Long
January 19, 1991 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sonEllie Wilburn Long III
July 2, 2014 (Age 108 years)
Deathunknown

Family with Ellison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Jr. - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: estimated 1928
3 years
son
Ellie Wilburn Long III
Birth: October 4, 1930 23 24Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Death: July 2, 2014Aurora, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States
Ellison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Jr. + Emma Ward Kelso - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Emma Ward Kelso
Birth: about 1910Texas, United States
Death: October 6, 1984Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States
Marriage: August 27, 1954Jefferson, Texas, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ellison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Jr. - Household

2587 Liberty Ave Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Long, Elliie WheadMW23M21TXTXTXSalesmanLife Insurance
Long, Alice MwifeFW24M22ILILTX