The Shemwell Family

Virgil Raymond PhilbertAge: 67 years19111978

Name
Virgil Raymond Philbert
Given names
Virgil Raymond
Surname
Philbert
Birth July 17, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Doris Jeanne Philbert
October 4, 1929 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 14, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Richard R Philbert
March 1, 1931 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Robert Lester Philbert
February 29, 1932 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Marilyn Joyce Philbert
July 3, 1933 (Age 21 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Curtis Lee Layton Sr.
December 9, 1953 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 childRobert Lester PhilbertFrances Jean VoughtView this family
January 29, 1955 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 November 10, 1978 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valley Memorial Park
Family with Hazel Ruth Hall - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Doris Jeanne Philbert
Birth: October 4, 1929 18 19Hanford, King, California, United States
Death: December 18, 1999Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
17 months
son
Richard R Philbert
Birth: March 1, 1931 19 20Hanford, Kings, California, United States
Death: December 30, 1981Napa, California, United States
1 year
son
Robert Lester Philbert
Birth: February 29, 1932 20 21Kings, California, United States
Death: December 27, 2009Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
16 months
daughter
Marilyn Joyce Philbert
Birth: July 3, 1933 21 22Kings, California, United States
Death: August 7, 2020Loma Linda, San Bernardino, California, United States
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Virgil Raymond Philbert - Household

Hanford, Kings, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Philbert, Virgil RheadMW18M17CACACALaborerCreamery
Philbert, RuthwifeFW19M18CAKYTN
Philbert, Doris JdaughterFW6mMCACACA