The Shemwell Family

Emil Constant DucommunAge: 68 years18781946

Name
Emil Constant Ducommun
Given names
Emil Constant
Surname
Ducommun
Birth February 21, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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
MarriageBescelia Norine “Bessie” ShemwellView this family
November 27, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Virginia Leonide Ducommun
January 3, 1912 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Charles Emil Ducommun
April 27, 1913 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 7, 1920 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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 5, 1930 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Gibson TaylorVirginia Leonide DucommunView this family
July 14, 1939 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 67 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 October 8, 1946 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Family with Bescelia Norine “Bessie” Shemwell - View this family
himself
wife
Bescelia Norine “Bessie” Shemwell
Birth: May 1883 37 36Washington, Illinois, United States
Death: November 2, 1964Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: November 27, 1906Salt Lake, Utah, United States
5 years
daughter
16 months
son
Charles Emil Ducommun
Birth: April 27, 1913 35 29Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: October 6, 1991Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emil Constant Ducommun - Household

535 Serranno Ave Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ducommun, Emil CheadMW41MCASwitzerlandFrenchSwitzerlandFrenchWholesale HardwareOwner
Ducommun, BesceliawifeFW36MILKYKY
Ducommun, Virginia LdaughterFW8SCACAIL
Ducommun, Charles EsonMW6SCACAIL
Shemwell, Caroline Osister in lawFW32SKSKYKY
Schroder, Elfreda LservantFW39SIAServant

Parents names wrong -b.

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Emil Constant Ducommun - Household

535 S. Sreeano Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ducommun, EmilheadMW51M28CASwitzerlandSwitzerlandWholesale MerchantHardware
Ducommun, BessiewifeFW47M23ILKYKY
Ducommun, VirginiadaughterFW18MCACAIL
Ducommun, CharlessonMW16SCACAIL
Carlson, Ester EMaidFW41SILSweedenSweedenMaidPrivate Family