The Shemwell Family

Marion Ralph WilliamsAge: 72 years19011974

Name
Marion Ralph Williams
Given names
Marion Ralph
Surname
Williams
Birth February 22, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageMabel Lafe ThompsonView this family
April 17, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 23, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Census April 23, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 48 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 44 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 4, 1974 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Johnson County Chapel and Memorial Gardens
Family with Mabel Lafe Thompson - View this family
himself
Marion Ralph Williams
Birth: February 22, 1901Blue Springs, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: February 4, 1974Johnson, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: April 17, 1922St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Marion Ralph Williams - Household

7129 Pasco Boulevard Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Williams, Ralph MheadMW30M22MOMOUNForemanPullman Company
Williams, Mabel FwifeFW26M18MOMOOH

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Marion Ralph Williams - Household

2516 West 50th Terrace Mission, Johnson, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Williams, Marion RheadMW39MMORJohnsonKSManager Air ConditioningRailroad
Williams, Mabel FwifeFW36MMORJohnsonKS