The Shemwell Family

Elvie Edgar LasterAge: 91 years19001991

Name
Elvie Edgar Laster
Given names
Elvie Edgar
Surname
Laster
Birth April 17, 1900 24 25
Death of a motherFilinda A Blake
August 17, 1900 (Age 4 months)
Marriage of a parentDavid Lawson LasterBeatrice Elizabeth CarnealView this family
February 24, 1901 (Age 10 months)
Birth of a half-brotherHomer Lawson Laster
April 13, 1902 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a half-brotherRoss Thomas Laster
November 16, 1903 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEllen Laster
March 5, 1905 (Age 4 years)

Death of a half-sisterEllen Laster
March 5, 1905 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a half-brotherEddie Laster
June 3, 1907 (Age 7 years)

Death of a half-brotherEddie Laster
August 3, 1908 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a half-sisterMargaret Laster
August 25, 1909 (Age 9 years)

Death of a half-sisterMargaret Laster
March 6, 1910 (Age 9 years)

Census May 3, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
Marriage of a parentDavid Lawson LasterJuanita McGeheeView this family
January 1928 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 sisterBessie Marie Laster
November 29, 1948 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 fatherDavid Lawson Laster
April 5, 1965 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 half-brotherHomer Lawson Laster
December 15, 1982 (Age 82 years)
Death of a half-brotherRoss Thomas Laster
December 23, 1983 (Age 83 years)
Death April 27, 1991 (Age 91 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1898
9 months
elder sister
Bessie Marie Laster
Birth: October 11, 1898 23 23Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 29, 1948Todd, Kentucky, United States
18 months
himself
Elvie Edgar Laster
Birth: April 17, 1900 24 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 27, 1991Logan, Kentucky, United States
Father’s family with Beatrice Elizabeth Carneal - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: February 24, 1901Todd, Kentucky, United States
14 months
half-brother
19 months
half-brother
16 months
half-sister
2 years
half-brother
2 years
half-sister
Father’s family with Juanita McGehee - View this family
father
step-mother
Juanita McGehee
Birth: October 25, 1907 18 18Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 16, 1984Todd, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: January 1928Todd, Kentucky, United States

Elvie Edgar Laster has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - David Lawson Laster - Household

Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Laster, David LheadMW35M12KYKYKYfarmer
Laster, Bete EwifeFW39M1264KYKYKY
Laster, BessydaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Laster, ElvadaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Laster, HomersonMW8SKYKYKY
Laster, RosssonMW6SKYKYKY