The Shemwell Family

Harvey Jasper ShieldsAge: 69 years19081977

Name
Harvey Jasper Shields
Given names
Harvey Jasper
Surname
Shields
Birth about 1908
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 21 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
MarriageDorothy Mabel OverockerView this family
April 30, 1930 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sarah Ann Shields
March 4, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Death of a daughterSarah Ann Shields
March 11, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 42 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 38 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, 1977 (Age 69 years)
Family with Dorothy Mabel Overocker - View this family
himself
Harvey Jasper Shields
Birth: about 1908Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: March 5, 1977Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: April 30, 1930Jackson, Missouri, United States
10 months
daughter
Sarah Ann Shields
Birth: March 4, 1931 23 22Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: March 11, 1931Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Edward Raymond Felber + Dorothy Mabel Overocker - View this family
wife’s husband
Edward Raymond Felber
Birth: December 8, 1913Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Death: February 4, 1989Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
wife
Marriage: August 11, 1944Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Joseph Martin “Joe” Moore + Dorothy Mabel Overocker - View this family
wife’s husband
Joseph Martin “Joe” Moore
Birth: October 29, 1909Lincoln, Kansas, United States
Death: April 30, 1977Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: October 6, 1930Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States
9 years
step-daughter
Carolyn Ann Moore
Birth: January 1, 1940 30 30Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Death: February 19, 2003Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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