The Shemwell Family

Minna Gebhardt DessezAge: 66 years19051972

Name
Minna Gebhardt Dessez
Given names
Minna Gebhardt
Surname
Dessez
Married name
Minna Gebhardt Cassard
Birth November 8, 1905
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
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/
Religious marriagePaul CassardView this family
August 15, 1925 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Karen Dowell Cassard
April 6, 1929 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 15, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 34 years)
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
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
Death of a husbandPaul Cassard
October 8, 1972 (Age 66 years)

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 October 30, 1972 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery
Family with Paul Cassard - View this family
husband
herself
Minna Gebhardt Dessez
Birth: November 8, 1905Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Death: October 30, 1972New York, New York, United States
Marriage: August 15, 1925Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
4 years
daughter
Karen Dowell Cassard
Birth: April 6, 1929 38 23Rio de Janerio, Brazil, South America
Death: August 31, 2023Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Paul Cassard - Household

Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cassard, PaulheadMW39M35MDMDMDLt CommanderUS Navy
Cassard, Minna DwifeFW24MWDCWDCWDC
Cassard, Karen DdaughterFW11 monthsSBrazilMDWDC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Paul Cassard - Household

Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cassard, PaulheadMW49MMDcommanderUS Navy
Cassard, Minna DwifeFW34M
Cassard, Karen DdaughterFW10SSouth America