The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Lillian DialAge: 61 years19041965

Name
Dorothy Lillian Dial
Given names
Dorothy Lillian
Surname
Dial
Married name
Dorothy Lillian Davis
Married name
Dorothy Lillian Stingley
Birth January 21, 1904 25 20
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Parham
1911 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Andrew Dial
June 30, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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/
MarriageStanley Girard DavisView this family
September 17, 1923 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Stanley Girard Davis Jr
August 7, 1926 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 26 years)
MarriageEarl Howard StingleyView this family
before 1940 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
Census April 22, 1950 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 fatherWalter Malcomb Dial
September 9, 1954 (Age 50 years)
Death of a husbandStanley Girard Davis
November 23, 1960 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandEarl Howard Stingley
April 16, 1962 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 February 5, 1965 (Age 61 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Walter Malcomb Dial
Birth: June 16, 1878 46 43Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: September 9, 1954Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
mother
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
herself
Family with Stanley Girard Davis - View this family
husband
Stanley Girard Davis
Birth: July 8, 1904Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: November 23, 1960Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
herself
Marriage: September 17, 1923Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
son
Family with Earl Howard Stingley - View this family
husband
Earl Howard Stingley
Birth: May 5, 1896Visalia, Tulare, California, United States
Death: April 16, 1962Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Marriage: before 1940

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