The Shemwell Family

Myrtle Mae LambAge: 72 years19141987

Name
Myrtle Mae Lamb
Given names
Myrtle Mae
Surname
Lamb
Married name
Myrtle Mae French
Birth October 5, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 months)

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 2 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 3 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 daughter
#1
Wanda Fay French
June 6, 1929 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 15 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Bobbie Joe French
June 7, 1933 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Margaret Louise French
September 21, 1935 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Jerry Leon French
April 3, 1938 (Age 23 years)
twin: Geraldine French
Birth of a daughter
#5
Geraldine French
April 3, 1938 (Age 23 years)
twin: Jerry Leon French
Birth of a daughter
#6
Patsey Sue French
January 13, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 41 years)
Death of a sonJerry Leon French
October 8, 1959 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Auto Accident
Marriage of a childClemon Christopher GattisGeraldine FrenchView this family
August 3, 1963 (Age 48 years)
Death of a husbandLeslie Charles French
October 30, 1964 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 daughterWanda Fay French
September 4, 1976 (Age 61 years)
Death January 18, 1987 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
Family with Leslie Charles French - View this family
husband
herself
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
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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