The Shemwell Family

Durward AustinAge: 88 years19132001

Name
Durward Austin
Given names
Durward
Surname
Austin
Birth February 1, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 16 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 Stanley Austin
December 5, 1937 (Age 24 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Emmett Roger Austin
March 3, 1941 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 April 5, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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
Marriage of a childEmmett Roger AustinMary Faye BomarView this family
November 12, 1960 (Age 47 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 sonEmmett Roger Austin
March 7, 1998 (Age 85 years)
Death February 1, 2001 (Age 88 years)
Note: United States Social Security Death Index
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: White Church Cemetery
Family with Grace Mozell Chambliss - View this family
himself
Durward Austin
Birth: February 1, 1913Wilson, Pope, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 1, 2001Missouri, United States
wife
son
Harold Stanley Austin
Birth: December 5, 1937 24 18San Joaquin, California, United States
Death: October 7, 2006New Haven, Franklin, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Emmett Roger Austin
Birth: March 3, 1941 28 21San Joaquin, California, United States
Death: March 7, 1998Bland, Osage, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Durward Austin - Household

Linden Road Douglas, San Joaquin, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Austin, DurwardheadMW27MARAtkinsPerryARShoremanGold Dredger
Austin, GraceXwifeFW20MTXPerryPerryAR
Austin, HaroldsonMW2SCA

Death
United States Social Security Death Index Name: Durward Austin Given Name: Durward Surname: Austin State: California Last Place of Residence: Missouri Previous Residence Postal Code: 63348 Age: 88 Birth Date: 01 Feb 1913 Death Date: 06 Oct 2001