The Shemwell Family

Rena Kueckelhan1896

Name
Rena Kueckelhan
Given names
Rena
Surname
Kueckelhan
Birth January 1896 25 18
Marriage of parentsAshley Oberon KueckelhanEmily “Emma” WassellView this family
Type: Religious marriage
April 7, 1897 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherLee Irvine Kueckelhan
October 11, 1899 (Age 3 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterJeanette Kueckelhan
August 15, 1901 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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 33 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherMelvina Pamelia Thompson
May 18, 1935 (Age 39 years)
Cause: Cardiac Arrhythmia
Death of a fatherAshley Oberon Kueckelhan
November 9, 1935 (Age 39 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 54 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 motherEmily “Emma” Wassell
June 25, 1956 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 brotherLee Irvine Kueckelhan
August 1983 (Age 87 years)
Death of a sisterJeanette Kueckelhan
April 15, 1991 (Age 95 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Emily “Emma” Wassell
Birth: April 4, 1877 25 22Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States
Death: June 25, 1956Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
Marriage: April 7, 1897Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
-14 months
herself
4 years
younger brother
Lee Irvine Kueckelhan
Birth: October 11, 1899 29 22Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: August 1983Thurston, Washington, United States
22 months
younger sister
Jeanette Kueckelhan
Birth: August 15, 1901 31 24Missouri, United States
Death: April 15, 1991Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

Rena Kueckelhan has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Wesley P Edwards - Household

Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Wesley P EdwardsheadWMMay186436M11MOINVALaborer Farm
Ida Mae EdwardswifeWFNov187029M1133MOKYMO
Byron EdwardssonWMMay189010SMOMOMOAt School
Solon EdwardssonWMApr18946SMOMOMOAt School
John EdwardssonWMSep18963SMOMOMO