The Shemwell Family

Nina Vivian FrenchAge: 79 years19121991

Name
Nina Vivian French
Given names
Nina Vivian
Surname
French
Married name
Nina Vivian Davis
Birth August 7, 1912 25 24
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
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 20, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAmelia Priscillia Shamel
January 9, 1924 (Age 11 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherDavid French
February 23, 1928 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Myocarditis
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 2, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Cecil David Davis
January 19, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 27 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
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 fatherNova David French
June 18, 1961 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Heart Attack
Death of a husbandCecil A Davis
December 1972 (Age 60 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 brotherCharles David French
January 5, 1984 (Age 71 years)
Death of a motherBlanche Lorena Waterworth
July 31, 1987 (Age 74 years)
Death September 9, 1991 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oakview Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 4, 1906Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
13 months
elder brother
Charles David French
Birth: March 5, 1907 20 19Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: January 5, 1984Armington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
21 months
elder sister
Jewel Marie French
Birth: December 13, 1908 22 20Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 1910Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
4 years
herself
Nina Vivian French
Birth: August 7, 1912 25 24Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 9, 1991Peoria, Mason, Illinois, United States
Family with Cecil A Davis - View this family
husband
Cecil A Davis
Birth: May 26, 1909Holden, Johnson, Missouri, United States
Death: December 1972Armington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
herself
Nina Vivian French
Birth: August 7, 1912 25 24Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 9, 1991Peoria, Mason, Illinois, United States
son
Cecil David Davis
Birth: January 19, 1934 24 21Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States
Death: December 7, 2009East Peoria, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
daughter
Private

Nina Vivian French has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Nova David French - Household

Hittle, Tazewell, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
French, Nova DheadMW33MMOILKYLaborerGeneral Farm
French, BlanchewifeFW31MILEnglandIN
French, CharlessonMW12SMOMOIL
French, NinadaughterFW7SMOMOIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Nova David French - Household

Armington, Tazewell, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
French, Nova DheadMW42M20MOILMOSection HandSteam R.R.
French, Blanche LwifeFW41M18ILEnglandIN
French, Charles DsonMW23SMOMOIL
French, Nina VdaughterFW17SMOMOIL