The Shemwell Family

Wallace Owen VanStavernAge: 80 years19131993

Name
Wallace Owen VanStavern
Given names
Wallace Owen
Surname
VanStavern
Birth March 31, 1913 23 20
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
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/
Birth of a brotherEstel Clayton VanStavern
November 16, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSamuel French
March 9, 1926 (Age 12 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
Census April 13, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Donald VanStavern
December 30, 1931 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Verlinda Shamel
March 2, 1934 (Age 20 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Wallace Neil VanStavern
June 29, 1942 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Ray VanStavern
July 12, 1943 (Age 30 years)
Death of a sonRobert Ray VanStavern
December 16, 1943 (Age 30 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Margaret Ruth VanStavern
March 10, 1946 (Age 32 years)
Death of a fatherOrr VanStavern
August 3, 1947 (Age 34 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 motherDora Dell French
September 1, 1955 (Age 42 years)
Cause: Carcinoma of colon
Marriage of a childDaniel Oliver KnaussMargaret Ruth VanStavernView this family
August 12, 1967 (Age 54 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 brotherAlva Nile VanStavern
March 5, 1986 (Age 72 years)
Death April 12, 1993 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crestview Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 23, 1910Laclede, Missouri, United States
1 year
elder brother
Alva Nile VanStavern
Birth: October 11, 1911 21 19Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: March 5, 1986Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
18 months
himself
Wallace Owen VanStavern
Birth: March 31, 1913 23 20Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 12, 1993Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
8 years
younger brother
Estel Clayton VanStavern
Birth: November 16, 1920 30 28Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 17, 2003Manassas, Manassas, Virginia, United States
11 years
younger brother
Lawrence Donald VanStavern
Birth: December 30, 1931 42 39Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: February 10, 1995Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
Family with Esther Ruth Rollins - View this family
himself
Wallace Owen VanStavern
Birth: March 31, 1913 23 20Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 12, 1993Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
wife
son
Wallace Neil VanStavern
Birth: June 29, 1942 29 26St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: February 17, 2014Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States
1 year
son
Robert Ray VanStavern
Birth: July 12, 1943 30 27Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 16, 1943Laclede, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Margaret Ruth VanStavern
Birth: March 10, 1946 32 29Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: December 27, 2011Richland, Pulaski, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Orr VanStavern - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
VanStavern, OrrheadMW40M19MOWVWVFarmerGeneral Farm
VanStavern, Dora DwifeFW37M18WAILMO
VanStavern, Alva NsonMW18SMOMOWA
VanStavern, Wallace OsonMW17SMOMOWA
VanStavern, Estel CsonMW10SMOMOWA

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leon Albert Rollins - Household

Oakland Road Osage, Laclede, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Rollins, Leon AheadMW50MMOsame placeFarmerFarm
Rollins, NellieXwifeFW54MMOsame place
Rollins, Leon A JrsonMW17SMOsame place
Rollins, ClarencesonMW15SMOsame place
Rollins, DaisysisterFW60SKSsame place
Vanstavern, Wallace Oson in lawMW27SMORLacledeMOTeacherRural School
Vanstavern, Esther RdaughterFW23SMOsame placeSecretaryCounty ??