The Shemwell Family

Raymond Pearson1909

Name
Raymond Pearson
Given names
Raymond
Surname
Pearson
Birth 1909 43 41
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 15 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas James Holland
March 19, 1913 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary E Williams
December 10, 1922 (Age 13 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 41 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 37 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 4, 1883
3 years
elder brother
8 years
elder sister
4 years
elder sister
Ruby May Pearson
Birth: January 19, 1897 31 29Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death:
5 years
elder brother
9 years
himself

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Mathew Isaac Pearson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pearson, Isaac MheadMW45M26TNTNTNfarmer
Pearson, Nannie CwifeFW44M2664MOMOMO
Pearson, Lela SdaughterFW18SARTNMOteachermusic
Pearson, Ruby MdaughterFW13SARTNMO
Pearson, James CsonMW9SARTNMO
Pearson, RaymondsonMW1SARTNMO