The Shemwell Family

William Leslie WellsAge: 51 years19121964

Name
William Leslie Wells
Given names
William Leslie
Surname
Wells
Birth August 7, 1912 39 31
Birth of a brotherNorman Boggs Wells
September 17, 1914 (Age 2 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
Birth of a brotherRobert Sherman Wells
January 19, 1918 (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/
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 7 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
Census April 15, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherAnna Belle Shipler
May 10, 1938 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherHenry John Wells
July 17, 1945 (Age 32 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 brotherStandard Darius Wells
October 2, 1948 (Age 36 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 brotherAlexander Constanst Wells
July 3, 1958 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherNorman Boggs Wells
July 13, 1963 (Age 50 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 January 7, 1964 (Age 51 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: August 28, 1895Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder sister
Mary Ann Wells
Birth: June 29, 1896 23 15Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: July 29, 1979Jefferson, Andrew, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder sister
Virginia Cornelia “Jennie” Wells
Birth: January 14, 1899 25 18Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
John Henry Wells
Birth: July 6, 1901 28 20Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: February 13, 1980Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Standard Darius Wells
Birth: November 26, 1903 30 23Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1948Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
14 months
elder sister
Beulah Mae Wells
Birth: January 23, 1905 31 24Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: August 24, 1981Mundelein, Lake, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
Iradella Opal Wells
Birth: August 9, 1907 34 26Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 23, 1987Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
17 months
elder brother
Alexander Constanst Wells
Birth: January 16, 1909 35 28Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: July 3, 1958Cicero, Cook, Illinois, United States
4 years
himself
William Leslie Wells
Birth: August 7, 1912 39 31Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: January 7, 1964Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
2 years
younger brother
Norman Boggs Wells
Birth: September 17, 1914 41 34Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: July 13, 1963Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
3 years
younger brother
Robert Sherman Wells
Birth: January 19, 1918 44 37Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: March 8, 2005Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Henry John Wells - Household

Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wells, Henry headMW46MMOKYKYblacksmithrailroad shops
Wells, Anna BwifeFW39MMOOHKY
Wells, MarydaughterFW21SMOMOMOseamstressfactory
Wells, Stanard sonMW17SMOMOMOapprenticerailroad shops
Wells, BeulahdaughterFW15SMOMOMOoperator
Wells, OpaldaughterFW12SMOMOMO
Wells, Alexander CsonMW10SMOMOMO
Wells, William LsonMW8SMOMOMO
Wells, Norman BsonMW5SMOMOMO
Wells, Robert SsonMW2SMOMOMO