The Shemwell Family

Beulah Merle HallAge: 87 years19162004

Name
Beulah Merle Hall
Given names
Beulah Merle
Surname
Hall
Married name
Beulah Merle Ballard
Birth December 11, 1916 32 25
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Marshall Hall
November 19, 1918 (Age 23 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 days)

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 12 months)

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 sisterPauline Hall
May 16, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterMarilyn Jane Hall
June 6, 1926 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 13 years)
MarriageRichard Howard BallardView this family
November 18, 1935 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sandra Lee Ballard
October 11, 1937 (Age 20 years)
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 33 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 fatherVictor Carl Hall
July 6, 1973 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 motherFrank “Frankie” Reed
June 10, 1978 (Age 61 years)
Death of a husbandRichard Howard Ballard
November 3, 1982 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterHelen Marion Hall
December 15, 1990 (Age 74 years)
Death of a daughterSandra Lee Ballard
April 7, 1993 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sisterThelma Lorraine Hall
June 26, 1995 (Age 78 years)
Death February 5, 2004 (Age 87 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 18, 1911Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
8 months
elder sister
Thelma Lorraine Hall
Birth: July 14, 1912 28 20Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Death: June 26, 1995Delano, Kern, California, United States
23 months
elder sister
Helen Marion Hall
Birth: June 24, 1914 30 22Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Death: December 15, 1990Kern, California, United States
3 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
Pauline Hall
Birth: May 16, 1919 35 27Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Death: June 23, 2014Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
7 years
younger sister
Marilyn Jane Hall
Birth: June 6, 1926 42 34Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Death: June 11, 2014Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Family with Richard Howard Ballard - View this family
husband
Richard Howard Ballard
Birth: November 10, 1913Sanger, Fresno, California, United States
Death: November 3, 1982Riverside, California, United States
herself
Marriage: November 18, 1935Los Angeles, California, United States
23 months
daughter
Sandra Lee Ballard
Birth: October 11, 1937 23 20Kern, California, United States
Death: April 7, 1993Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Beulah Merle Hall has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Victor Carl Hall - Household

9th Street Kern, California

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hall, Victor CarlheadMW35MTNTNTNClerkFreight Office
Hall, FrankiepartnerFW28MINININ
Hall, ThelmadaughterFW7SCATNIN
Hall, HelendaughterFW5SCATNIN
Hall, MerledaughterFW3SCATNIN
Hall, PaulinedaughterFW6mSCATNIN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Victor Carl Hall - Household

2610 H Street Bakersfield, Kern, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hall, Victor CheadMW46M28TNTNTNClerkRR Office
Hall, FrankiepartnerFW38M19INININ
Hall, Thelma LdaughterFW17SCATNIN
Hall, Helen MdaughterFW15SCATNIN
Hall, Merle BdaughterFW13SCATNIN
Hall, PaulinedaughterFW10SCATNIN
Hall, Marilyn JdaughterFW3SCATNIN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Richard Howard Ballard - Household

309 1/2 Belle Ave Kern, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Ballard, Richard HheadMW26MCABakersfieldKernCALaborerOil Fields
Ballard, Merle BXwifeFW23MCABakersfieldKernCA
Ballard, Sandra LdaughterFW2SCA