The Shemwell Family

Ralph Orean BelcherAge: 78 years19071986

Name
Ralph Orean Belcher
Given names
Ralph Orean
Surname
Belcher
Birth August 31, 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
Birth of a son
#1
Harold Houston Belcher
September 18, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Richard Wendell Belcher
May 9, 1933 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Jerry Webb Belcher
August 16, 1935 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Nathan Ralph Belcher
December 30, 1939 (Age 32 years)
Census May 14, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Randall Wain “Randy” Allison
February 1, 1958 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Kyna Kress “Utty” Belcher
October 13, 1959 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 7, 1986 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Inez Cemetery
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himself
wife
son
Harold Houston Belcher
Birth: September 18, 1931 24 25Inez, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: February 19, 2010Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
20 months
son
Richard Wendell Belcher
Birth: May 9, 1933 25 26Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: May 17, 2015Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States
daughter
Private
son
Jerry Webb Belcher
Birth: August 16, 1935 27 28Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: June 20, 2008Hobbs, Lea, New Mexico, United States
4 years
son
Nathan Ralph Belcher
Birth: December 30, 1939 32 33Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: August 23, 2009Rogers, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
son
Private
son
Private