The Shemwell Family

Fredrick Lew WellsAge: 79 years19051985

Name
Fredrick Lew Wells
Given names
Fredrick Lew
Surname
Wells
Birth September 13, 1905 21 16
Birth of a brotherAlbert Harold Wells
October 2, 1907 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWesley Norton Wells
April 23, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Census May 7, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherCharles Harry Wells Jr.
April 25, 1918 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 12 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 2, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Death of a brotherAlbert Harold Wells
June 3, 1926 (Age 20 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 5, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Note: Lodger in Velva Vaughan Residence
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 maternal grandfatherLew Wallace Norton
October 13, 1946 (Age 41 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEmma Grace Hendrix
October 8, 1949 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 40 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 motherEthel Belle Norton
December 12, 1978 (Age 73 years)
Death of a fatherCharles Harry Wells
January 30, 1979 (Age 73 years)
Death March 9, 1985 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Arroyo Grande Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1904
20 months
himself
Fredrick Lew Wells
Birth: September 13, 1905 21 16Randsburg, Kern, California, United States
Death: March 9, 1985Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
2 years
younger brother
Albert Harold Wells
Birth: October 2, 1907 23 19Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: June 3, 1926San Luis Obispo, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
Wesley Norton Wells
Birth: April 23, 1910 25 21Lindsay, Tulare, California, United States
Death: February 16, 1996Kern, California, United States
8 years
younger brother
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himself
Fredrick Lew Wells
Birth: September 13, 1905 21 16Randsburg, Kern, California, United States
Death: March 9, 1985Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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Fredrick Lew Wells
Birth: September 13, 1905 21 16Randsburg, Kern, California, United States
Death: March 9, 1985Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
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Fredrick Lew Wells has 1 first cousin recorded

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Parents Irving I Danbacher + Maud M Norton
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household

Lindsay, Tulare, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wells, HarryheadMW26M5CACAORLaborer
Wells, EthelwifeFW22M533KSNEIA
Wells, FredricksonMW4SCACAKS
Wells, HaroldsonMW2SCACAKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household

247 Milage Lindsay, Tulare, California

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wells, C HheadMW35MCACAORLaborerWell Drilling
Wells, EthelwifeFW31MKSIAIA
Wells, FredsonMW14SCACAKS
Wells, HaroldsonMW12SCACAKS
Wells, WesleysonMW9SCACAKS
Wells, CharlessonMW1-8mSCACAKS

Census
Lodger in Velva Vaughan Residence