The Shemwell Family

Pluma BriganceAge: 85 years18831969

Name
Pluma Brigance
Given names
Pluma
Surname
Brigance
Married name
Pluma Dial
Birth June 7, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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
MarriageWalter Malcomb DialView this family
October 6, 1902 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Lillian Dial
January 21, 1904 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/
Marriage of a childStanley Girard DavisDorothy Lillian DialView this family
September 17, 1923 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Stanley Girard Davis Jr
August 7, 1926 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 18, 1930 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childEarl Howard StingleyDorothy Lillian DialView this family
before 1940 (Age 56 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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 66 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 husbandWalter Malcomb Dial
September 9, 1954 (Age 71 years)
Death of a daughterDorothy Lillian Dial
February 5, 1965 (Age 81 years)
Death of a grandsonStanley Girard Davis Jr
May 1968 (Age 84 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 62 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 May 7, 1969 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
Family with Walter Malcomb Dial - View this family
husband
Walter Malcomb Dial
Birth: June 16, 1878 46 43Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 9, 1954Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
herself
Pluma Brigance
Birth: June 7, 1883Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: May 7, 1969Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1902Collin, Texas, United States
16 months
daughter

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Stanley Girard Davis - Household

116 Nurth Wilcox Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Davis, Stanley GheadMW25M19TXNCTX
Davis, Mrs. StanleywifeFW26M19TXTXTX
Davis, Stanley G JrsonMW3SCATXTX
Dial, Mrs. P BMotherFW45Wd18TXTNTX