The Shemwell Family

Alma Izora CappsAge: 85 years19131999

Name
Alma Izora Capps
Given names
Alma Izora
Surname
Capps
Married name
Alma Izora Stone
Birth June 21, 1913 20 16
Birth of a sisterRoberta Faye Capps
March 1, 1916 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Census January 13, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherOtis Franklin Capps
April 15, 1922 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAlpharetta C “Alpha” Holland
February 21, 1928 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 30, 1930 (Age 16 years)
MarriageFloyd Orin StoneView this family
about 1931 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Melvin Wade Stone
June 23, 1932 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Brian Keith Stone
June 3, 1958 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 grandsonBrian Keith Stone
May 17, 1979 (Age 65 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Death of a husbandFloyd Orin Stone
March 29, 1982 (Age 68 years)
Death of a fatherOscar Franklin Capps
April 30, 1986 (Age 72 years)
Death of a motherJettie Mae Carr
March 20, 1992 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterRoberta Faye Capps
July 11, 1997 (Age 84 years)
Death January 12, 1999 (Age 85 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
herself
Alma Izora Capps
Birth: June 21, 1913 20 16Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 12, 1999Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
sister
Private
younger brother
Otis Franklin Capps
Birth: April 15, 1922 29 25Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 3, 2004Stuart, Martin, Florida, United States
Family with Floyd Orin Stone - View this family
husband
Floyd Orin Stone
Birth: May 24, 1907Stroud, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 29, 1982Pasadena, Harris, Texas, United States
herself
Alma Izora Capps
Birth: June 21, 1913 20 16Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 12, 1999Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States
Marriage: about 1931
18 months
son
Melvin Wade Stone
Birth: June 23, 1932 25 19Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 28, 2002University Place, Pierce, Washington, United States

Alma Izora Capps has 10 first cousins recorded