The Shemwell Family

Leslie Charles FrenchAge: 56 years19081964

Name
Leslie Charles French
Given names
Leslie Charles
Surname
French
Birth October 3, 1908 21 18
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a sisterGladys Opal French
August 28, 1910 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a brotherGlenn Dariel French
August 9, 1913 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherBernie Dean French
August 27, 1915 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 sisterBillie B French
February 2, 1917 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 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 9 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 31, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Richard French
July 5, 1922 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Milton French
December 24, 1923 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel French
March 9, 1926 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClaude Edward Stettler
March 23, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Wanda Fay French
June 6, 1929 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 22, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Bobbie Joe French
June 7, 1933 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Verlinda Shamel
March 2, 1934 (Age 25 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Birth of a daughter
#3
Margaret Louise French
September 21, 1935 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Jerry Leon French
April 3, 1938 (Age 29 years)
twin: Geraldine French
Birth of a daughter
#5
Geraldine French
April 3, 1938 (Age 29 years)
twin: Jerry Leon French
Birth of a daughter
#6
Patsey Sue French
January 13, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 fatherRobert Allen French
March 21, 1947 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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
Marriage of a childRobert Virgil PayneMargaret Louise FrenchView this family
March 23, 1956 (Age 47 years)
Death of a sonJerry Leon French
October 8, 1959 (Age 51 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Marriage of a childClemon Christopher GattisGeraldine FrenchView this family
August 3, 1963 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 October 30, 1964 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 22, 1907Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
9 months
himself
23 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Glenn Dariel French
Birth: August 9, 1913 26 23Missouri, United States
Death: June 21, 1984Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States
2 years
younger brother
Bernie Dean French
Birth: August 27, 1915 28 25Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: February 5, 1978Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
17 months
younger sister
5 years
younger brother
William Richard French
Birth: July 5, 1922 35 32Langdon, Atchison, Missouri, United States
Death: February 12, 1991Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States
18 months
younger brother
John Milton French
Birth: December 24, 1923 36 34Langdon, Atchison, Missouri, United States
Death: January 19, 1999Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
Mother’s family with John William Stettler - View this family
step-father
mother
half-sister
Private
half-brother
Claude Edward Stettler
Birth: March 23, 1928 28 38Baxter Springs, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: December 26, 1994
Family with Myrtle Mae Lamb - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Wanda Fay French
Birth: June 6, 1929 20 14Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 4, 1976Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States
4 years
son
Bobbie Joe French
Birth: June 7, 1933 24 18St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States
Death: April 17, 1994Santa Paula, Ventura, California, United States
2 years
daughter
Margaret Louise French
Birth: September 21, 1935 26 20Kansas, United States
Death: December 14, 2011Stockton, Cedar, Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Jerry Leon French
Birth: April 3, 1938 29 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 8, 1959Ventura, California, United States
daughter
Geraldine French
Birth: April 3, 1938 29 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 9, 2010Josephine, Oregon, United States
21 months
daughter
Patsey Sue French
Birth: January 13, 1940 31 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 1, 2011Missouri, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Allen French - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
French, Robert AheadMW23M11MOOHMOFarmerGeneral Farm
French, SylviawifeFW19M1111ARTNTN
French, LesliesonMW1-6mSMOMOAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Allen French - Household

Grant, Page, Iowa

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
French, Robert AheadMW32MMOUSMOLaborerRailroad Section H & L
French, Sylvia LwifeFW29MARMOIN
French, Leslie BsonMW10SMOMOAR
French, Gladys OdaughterFW8SMOMOAR
French, Glen DsonMW6SMOMOAR
French, Bernie DsonMW4-4mSMOMOAR
French, Billie BdaughterFW2-10mSMOMOAR

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Charles French - Household

Quapaw, Ottawa, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
French, Leslie CheadMW21M20USMOMOMinerZinc Mine
French, Mae MwifeFW15M14KSUSUS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Charles French - Household

115 S. Ella Picher, Ottawa, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
French, Leslie CheadMW31M7MOSt. JoeBuchananMOMinerLead & Zinc Mining
French, MaewifeFW24M5KSSt. JoeBuchananMO
French, WandadaughterFW9S2OKSt. JoeBuchananMO
French, Bobbie JoesonMW6SMOSt. JoeBuchananMO
French, MargaretdaughterFW4SMO
French, JerrysonMW1SOK
French, GeraldinedaughterFW1SOK
French, Patsey SuedaughterFW3mSOK