The Shemwell Family

Raymond Holliday ShrumAge: 56 years19141971

Name
Raymond Holliday Shrum
Given names
Raymond Holliday
Surname
Shrum
Birth June 25, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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
MarriageEffie Ellen CarterView this family
November 20, 1937 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Gloria Ann Shrum
April 25, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Note: Gloria Ann Shrum
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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Sara A Achziger
January 13, 1967 (Age 52 years)
Death January 20, 1971 (Age 56 years)
Obituary
Raymond Holliday Shrum Obituary
January 24, 1971 (4 days after death)
Note: Greenville (Texas) Herald Tribune
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
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Artesia Cemetery
Family with Effie Ellen Carter - View this family
himself
Raymond Holliday Shrum
Birth: June 25, 1914Van Sickle, Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: January 20, 1971Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Effie Ellen Carter
Birth: December 26, 1918 44 36Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 25, 2010Huntington Beach, Orange, California, United States
Marriage: November 20, 1937Hunt, Texas, United States
2 years
daughter
Gloria Ann Shrum
Birth: April 25, 1940 25 21Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: December 29, 2006Orange, California, United States
Antonio G Henrique + Effie Ellen Carter - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Effie Ellen Carter
Birth: December 26, 1918 44 36Perry, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 25, 2010Huntington Beach, Orange, California, United States
Marriage: August 11, 1972Tulare, California, United States

Obituary
Greenville (Texas) Herald Tribune Sunday, Jan 24, 1971