The Shemwell Family

Edward Blevins1883

Name
Edward Blevins
Given names
Edward
Surname
Blevins
Birth about 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 33 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 34 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 35 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 46 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
MarriageLaura Maud VermillionView this family
before 1940 (Age 57 years)

Census April 15, 1940 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 67 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 wifeLaura Maud Vermillion
August 25, 1968 (Age 85 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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
Deathunknown

Family with Laura Maud Vermillion - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: before 1940
Nathaniel Alexander Thompson + Laura Maud Vermillion - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: May 22, 1896Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States
9 months
step-daughter
Ruby Marie Thompson
Birth: February 21, 1897 21 19Kansas, United States
Death: October 3, 1908Kansas, United States
15 years
step-daughter
Natalie Bernadine Thompson
Birth: April 21, 1912 36 34Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: June 20, 1986Wellsville, Franklin, Kansas, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Edward Blevins - Household

2212 Lathrop Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Blevins, EdheadMW57MMOSame HouseRuns SectionSteam Railroad
Blevins, Laura MwifeFW63MKSSame House
Vermillion, Henrybrother in lawMW64SMOSame HouseTruckerPacking Plant
Walker, Natalie Bstep daughterFW27MKSSame HouseHouse wife
Walker, Shirley Lstep daughterFW8SKSSame House

Shirley -step grand-daughter? -b