The Shemwell Family

Glenn Dariel FrenchAge: 70 years19131984

Name
Glenn Dariel French
Given names
Glenn Dariel
Surname
French
Birth August 9, 1913 26 23
Birth of a brotherBernie Dean French
August 27, 1915 (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
Birth of a sisterBillie B French
February 2, 1917 (Age 3 years)
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 31, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Richard French
July 5, 1922 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Milton French
December 24, 1923 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel French
March 9, 1926 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClaude Edward Stettler
March 23, 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Verlinda Shamel
March 2, 1934 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
MarriageLena Mae WestView this family
June 4, 1934 (Age 20 years)
Census May 14, 1940 (Age 26 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
Death of a fatherRobert Allen French
March 21, 1947 (Age 33 years)
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
Death of a brotherLeslie Charles French
October 30, 1964 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherSylvia Leona Benton
February 15, 1973 (Age 59 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 brotherBernie Dean French
February 5, 1978 (Age 64 years)
Death June 21, 1984 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Blanding City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 22, 1907Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
9 months
elder brother
23 months
elder sister
3 years
himself
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 Lena Mae West - View this family
himself
Glenn Dariel French
Birth: August 9, 1913 26 23Missouri, United States
Death: June 21, 1984Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States
wife
Marriage: June 4, 1934Laclede, Missouri, United States

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

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Glenn Dariel French - Household

Tomah Ave. Porterville, Tulare, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
French, Glen DairelheadMW26MMOConstruction ForemanConstruction Public Works
French, Lena MaewifeFW22MMO