The Shemwell Family

Lena H EasthamAge: 66 years18821948

Name
Lena H Eastham
Given names
Lena H
Surname
Eastham
Married name
Lena H Bingham
Birth February 4, 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
Civil marriageRolla Sylvester BinghamView this family
May 19, 1906 (Age 24 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 33 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 34 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 35 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/
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 7, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Death of a husbandRolla Sylvester Bingham
February 3, 1936 (Age 53 years)
Cause: Suicide
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 63 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 August 14, 1948 (Age 66 years)
Family with Rolla Sylvester Bingham - View this family
husband
Rolla Sylvester Bingham
Birth: January 2, 1884 26 25Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: February 3, 1936Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
herself
Lena H Eastham
Birth: February 4, 1882Saline City, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: August 14, 1948Napton, Saline, Missouri, United States
Marriage: May 19, 1906Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Rolla S Bingham - Household

Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Bingham, Rolla SheadMW25M4MOMOMOagentinsurance
Bingham, Lena HwifeFW27M4MOMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Rolla Sylvester Bingham - Household

Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Bingham, Rolla SheadMW35MMOMOMOdrapery hangerwindow shade company
Bingham, Lena HwifeFW36MMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rolla Sylvester Bingham - Household

Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Bingham, Rolla SheadMW46M22MOMOMOsalesmanwindow shades
Bingham, Lena HwifeFW48M24MOMOMO