The Shemwell Family

Elda Levera ParkhurstAge: 95 years19112006

Name
Elda Levera Parkhurst
Given names
Elda Levera
Surname
Parkhurst
Married name
Elda Levera Kysar
Birth May 21, 1911 38 35
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 8 years)
Death of a brotherMurr A Parkhurst
June 19, 1921 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Garrett Sissell
August 3, 1925 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Etta Clark
December 9, 1928 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 3, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Warner Stanley Kysar
July 19, 1932 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
John Walter Kysar
August 8, 1938 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherHerbert Willard Parkhurst
1939 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Clara Laureene Kysar
January 17, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Census April 3, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 19, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jeffrey Scott Kysar
June 6, 1967 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childWarner Stanley KysarChizu NarikiyoView this family
August 31, 1972 (Age 61 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 69 years)
Death of a brotherClyde Garland Parkhurst
November 5, 1989 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherLloyd Earl Parkhurst
June 20, 1993 (Age 82 years)
Death of a grandsonJeffrey Scott Kysar
December 12, 1993 (Age 82 years)
Death of a husbandClair Walter Kysar
January 7, 2000 (Age 88 years)
Death of a sonJohn Walter Kysar
September 6, 2000 (Age 89 years)
Death September 30, 2006 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ransom Cemetery
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
elder brother
Clyde Garland Parkhurst
Birth: October 11, 1904 31 28Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: November 5, 1989Wichita, Kansas, United States
7 years
herself
Elda Levera Parkhurst
Birth: May 21, 1911 38 35Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: September 30, 2006Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
Family with Clair Walter Kysar - View this family
husband
herself
Elda Levera Parkhurst
Birth: May 21, 1911 38 35Plainville, Rooks, Kansas, United States
Death: September 30, 2006Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
son
Warner Stanley Kysar
Birth: July 19, 1932 24 21Hays, Ellis, Kansas, United States
Death: April 20, 2015Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
6 years
son
John Walter Kysar
Birth: August 8, 1938 30 27Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
Death: September 6, 2000St. Peters, St. Charles, Missouri, United States
17 months
daughter
Clara Laureene Kysar
Birth: January 17, 1940 32 28Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
Death: July 19, 2013Ransom, Ness, Kansas, United States
son
Private

Elda Levera Parkhurst has 22 first cousins recorded

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 - Clair Walter Kysar - Household

Ogallah, Trego, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kysar, Clair WheadMW22M21KSILIAFarmerGeneral Farm
Kysar, Elda LwifeFW18M18KSIAIA
Kysar, Jessie LsisterFW25MKSILIAServantPrivate Home

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Clair Walter Kysar - Household

City of Ransom Wankeing, Trego, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Kysar, ClairheadMW30MKSWankeingTregoKSTruck DriverOil Company
Kysar, EldaXwifeFW28MKSWankeingTregoKS
Kysar, WarnersonMW7SKSWankeingTregoKS
Kysar, JohnsonMW1SKS
Kysar, ClaradaughterFW2moSKS