The Shemwell Family

Luster Gideon MainAge: 69 years18871957

Name
Luster Gideon Main
Given names
Luster Gideon
Surname
Main
Birth September 29, 1887
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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
MarriageCorda Ruth ThompsonView this family
about 1918 (Age 30 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 30 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 9, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Luster Gideon Main Jr.
March 12, 1925 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 19, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 wifeCorda Ruth Thompson
July 21, 1950 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 58 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 February 6, 1957 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
Family with Corda Ruth Thompson - View this family
himself
Luster Gideon Main
Birth: September 29, 1887Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: February 6, 1957Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
wife
Corda Ruth Thompson
Birth: June 29, 1888 40 32Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: July 21, 1950Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1918
7 years
son
Luster Gideon Main Jr.
Birth: March 12, 1925 37 36Salem, Fulton, Arkansas, United States
Death: September 14, 1992Truth or Consequences, Sierra, New Mexico, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Luster Gideon Main - Household

506 M Shawnee Paola, Miami, Kansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Main, LesterheadMWMPumperOil Lease
Main, CordawifeFWM

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Luster Gideon Main - Household

2156 North 32nd Street Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Main, Lester GheadMW42M30MOINIODrillerOil Company
Main, Corda RwifeFW41M23MOMOOH
Main, Lester GsonMW5SARMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Luster Gideon Main - Household

2156 North 32nd Street Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Main, Luster GheadMW52MMOSame PlaceAttendantFilling Station
Main, Corda RuthXwifeFW49MMOSame PlaceBeauty OperatorOwner
Main, Luster G JrsonMW15SKSSame Place