The Shemwell Family

Clyde Garland ParkhurstAge: 85 years19041989

Name
Clyde Garland Parkhurst
Given names
Clyde Garland
Surname
Parkhurst
Birth October 11, 1904 31 28
MarriageLaura M LepardView this family
unknown

Census April 28, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterElda Levera Parkhurst
May 21, 1911 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 28, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a brotherMurr A Parkhurst
June 19, 1921 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Garrett Sissell
August 3, 1925 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Etta Clark
December 9, 1928 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 12, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherHerbert Willard Parkhurst
1939 (Age 34 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 motherEsta E Sissell
August 13, 1964 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 sisterVira Ruth Parkhurst
October 1980 (Age 75 years)
Death November 5, 1989 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: White Chapel Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 11, 1897West Twin Mound, Douglas, Kansas, United States
9 months
elder brother
Lloyd Earl Parkhurst
Birth: January 6, 1898 24 22Kansas, United States
Death: June 20, 1993Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
21 months
elder sister
Vira Ruth Parkhurst
Birth: September 1899 26 23Kansas, United States
Death: October 1980Keeney, Trego, Kansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
Murr A Parkhurst
Birth: October 16, 1902 29 26Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States
Death: June 19, 1921Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
2 years
himself
Clyde Garland Parkhurst
Birth: October 11, 1904 31 28Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: November 5, 1989Wichita, Kansas, United States
7 years
younger sister
Elda Levera Parkhurst
Birth: May 21, 1911 38 35Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: September 30, 2006Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
Family with Constance Maude Johansen - View this family
himself
Clyde Garland Parkhurst
Birth: October 11, 1904 31 28Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: November 5, 1989Wichita, Kansas, United States
wife
Constance Maude Johansen
Birth: October 7, 1911Codell, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: February 23, 2000Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Laura M Lepard - View this family
himself
Clyde Garland Parkhurst
Birth: October 11, 1904 31 28Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: November 5, 1989Wichita, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage:
Private + Laura M Lepard - View this family
wife’s husband
Private
wife

Clyde Garland Parkhurst has 22 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Willard Parkhurst - Household

Paradise Twp, Rooks, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Parkhurst, Herbert headMW37M13IAPAPAfarmer
Parkhurst, Esta EwifeFW34M1344IATNIA
Parkhurst, Lloyd EsonMW12SKSIAIA
Parkhurst, RuthdaughterFW10SKSIAIA
Parkhurst, AvasonMW8SKSIAIA
Parkhurst, ClydesonMW5SKSIAIA

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Willard Parkhurst - Household

Plainville Twp, Rooks, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Parkhurst, Herbert WheadMW47MIAPAPAfarmer
Parkhurst, Esta wifeFW44MIATNIA
Parkhurst, Lloyd EsonMW22SKSIAIAfarm laborer
Parkhurst, RuthdaughterFW20SKSIAIA
Parkhurst, Murr AsonMW17SKSIAIA
Parkhurst, ClydesonMW15SKSIAIA
Parkhurst, Alda LdaughterFW8SKSIAIA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Willard Parkhurst - Household

Hays, Ellis, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Parkhurst, Herbert headMW56M24IAPAPAPlastererHouse
Parkhurst, Esta EwifeFW53M21IATNIA
Parkhurst, ClydesonMW23SKSIAIAfarm hand