The Shemwell Family

Marie Josephine MeyersAge: 87 years19061994

Name
Marie Josephine Meyers
Given names
Marie Josephine
Surname
Meyers
Married name
Marie Josephine VanStavern
Birth May 11, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 23 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
MarriageAlva Nile VanStavernView this family
November 21, 1936 (Age 30 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 husbandAlva Nile VanStavern
March 5, 1986 (Age 79 years)
Death January 24, 1994 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crestview Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with Alva Nile VanStavern - View this family
husband
Alva Nile VanStavern
Birth: October 11, 1911 21 19Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: March 5, 1986Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
herself
Marie Josephine Meyers
Birth: May 11, 1906Illinois, United States
Death: January 24, 1994Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: November 21, 1936St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Alva Nile Vanstavern - Household

6501 Crest Ave University City, St Louis, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Vanstavern, AlvaheadMW28MMOSt LouisMOTime Study EngineerMotor Mfg. Co.
Vanstavern, MarieXwifeFW33MILSt LouisMO