The Shemwell Family

Betty Fern RichardsAge: 85 years19232009

Name
Betty Fern Richards
Given names
Betty Fern
Surname
Richards
Married name
Betty Fern Page
Birth November 26, 1923 26 17
Census 1925 (Age 13 months)
Birth of a brotherRobert Lewis Richards
February 14, 1927 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Mae McGehee
May 23, 1929 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 5 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 14, 1930 (Age 6 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a brotherBruce Wesley Richards
December 9, 1944 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherBruce Wesley Richards
April 18, 1945 (Age 21 years)
Associate: Noble Everett Richards Sr
Associate: Olive Fern Hooper
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 May 3, 1950 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 26 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 paternal grandfatherLewis Isaac Richards
October 15, 1956 (Age 32 years)
Death of a motherOlive Fern Hooper
July 10, 1958 (Age 34 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMinnie Estella Kirk
February 20, 1960 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 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 fatherNoble Everett Richards Sr
August 31, 1984 (Age 60 years)
Death January 28, 2009 (Age 85 years)
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father
Noble Everett Richards Sr
Birth: October 15, 1897 26 21Ottumwa, Coffey, Kansas, United States
Death: August 31, 1984Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States
mother
Olive Fern Hooper
Birth: May 15, 1906 24 19Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Death: July 10, 1958Newcastle, Weston, Wyoming, United States
herself
Betty Fern Richards
Birth: November 26, 1923 26 17Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: January 28, 2009Pinellas, Florida, United States
sister
Private
younger brother
Robert Lewis Richards
Birth: February 14, 1927 29 20Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: January 10, 2010Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States
brother
Private
younger brother
Bruce Wesley Richards
Birth: December 9, 1944 47 38Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States
Death: April 18, 1945Mount Pleasant, Isabella, Michigan, United States
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husband
herself
Betty Fern Richards
Birth: November 26, 1923 26 17Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: January 28, 2009Pinellas, Florida, United States
daughter
Private

CensusKansas, United States - Census transcript - Noble Everett Richards Sr. - Household

Augusta, Butler, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Richards, Noble EheadMW27MKSDay Labor
Hooper, Olive FwifeFW19MMO
Richards, Betty FdaughterFW1SKS