The Shemwell Family

Ruby Evelyn Foster1912

Name
Ruby Evelyn Foster
Given names
Ruby Evelyn
Surname
Foster
Birth August 23, 1912 35 28
Birth of a sisterInfant Foster
December 23, 1916 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 years)

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 sisterInfant Foster
January 24, 1917 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherDave Foster
November 13, 1917 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherDave Foster
November 13, 1917 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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 sisterLoretta Foster
June 26, 1919 (Age 6 years)
twin: Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster
Birth of a sisterMarietta “Mary Etta” Foster
June 26, 1919 (Age 6 years)
twin: Loretta Foster
Census January 21, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherLeon Foster
August 28, 1923 (Age 11 years)
Death of a fatherJames Emery Foster
June 19, 1928 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Walker Holland
January 13, 1931 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Death of a motherMaude Nora Holland
March 30, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth “Molly” Kirby
1954 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 brotherBasil Kenneth Foster
January 3, 1988 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterMarietta “Mary Etta” Foster
January 17, 1993 (Age 80 years)
Death of a brotherHarold Foster
December 7, 1997 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sisterLoretta Foster
January 15, 1999 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherLeon Foster
October 29, 2014 (Age 102 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 10, 1901Patoka, Marion, Illinois, United States
20 months
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Wanetta Foster
Birth: February 15, 1906 28 21Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: November 14, 1908Marion, Illinois, United States
22 months
elder brother
Harold Foster
Birth: December 17, 1907 30 23Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: December 7, 1997Fairview Heights, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
5 years
herself
Ruby Evelyn Foster
Birth: August 23, 1912 35 28Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death:
4 years
younger sister
Infant Foster
Birth: December 23, 1916 39 32Foster, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: January 24, 1917Foster, Marion, Illinois, United States
11 months
younger brother
Dave Foster
Birth: November 13, 1917 40 33Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: November 13, 1917Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
19 months
younger sister
Loretta Foster
Birth: June 26, 1919 42 35Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: January 15, 1999Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
younger sister
Marietta “Mary Etta” Foster
Birth: June 26, 1919 42 35Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: January 17, 1993East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
4 years
younger brother
Leon Foster
Birth: August 28, 1923 46 39Assumption, Christian, Illinois, United States
Death: October 29, 2014Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with Henry Nagle - View this family
step-father
mother

Ruby Evelyn Foster has 6 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Maude Nora Holland - Household

Assumption Street Assumption, Christian, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Foster, NoraheadFW35WdMOIOIL
Foster, BasilsonMW16SILILMO
Foster, HaroldsonMW12SILILMO
Foster, EvelindaughterFW7SILILMO
Foster, HenriettadaughterFW6mSILILMO
Foster, MariettadaughterFW6mSILILMO