The Shemwell Family

Ralph Omar WilderAge: 70 years19141985

Name
Ralph Omar Wilder
Given names
Ralph Omar
Surname
Wilder
Birth May 15, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 months)

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 2 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 3 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 15 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
MarriageDealia Lavada McGeheeView this family
March 17, 1945 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 31 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 March 6, 1985 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside National Cemetery
Family with Dealia Lavada McGehee - View this family
himself
Ralph Omar Wilder
Birth: May 15, 1914Maine, United States
Death: March 6, 1985Anaheim, Orange, California, United States
wife
Dealia Lavada McGehee
Birth: November 24, 1899 26 20Hattieville, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1986Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: March 17, 1945Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Joe B Bland + Dealia Lavada McGehee - View this family
wife’s husband
Joe B Bland
Birth: September 16, 1894Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 28, 1968Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
wife
Dealia Lavada McGehee
Birth: November 24, 1899 26 20Hattieville, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 3, 1986Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: December 29, 1918Perry, Arkansas, United States
5 months
step-son
Joe Vernon Bland
Birth: June 7, 1919 24 19Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 7, 1930Perryville, Perry, Arkansas, United States
2 years
step-daughter
Nell Virginia Bland
Birth: October 18, 1921 27 21Perryville, Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 30, 2018Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
2 years
step-son
Jack W Bland Bland
Birth: February 11, 1924 29 24Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 31, 2010Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States

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