The Shemwell Family

Esther Ruth RollinsAge: 78 years19161995

Name
Esther Ruth Rollins
Given names
Esther Ruth
Surname
Rollins
Married name
Esther Ruth VanStavern
Birth June 18, 1916 26 30
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 6 months)

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 18 months)

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 13 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 May 1, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Wallace Neil VanStavern
June 29, 1942 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Ray VanStavern
July 12, 1943 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonRobert Ray VanStavern
December 16, 1943 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 29 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 childDaniel Oliver KnaussMargaret Ruth VanStavernView this family
August 12, 1967 (Age 51 years)
Death of a fatherLeon Albert Rollins
May 20, 1969 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherNellie Wilson
October 2, 1973 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 husbandWallace Owen VanStavern
April 12, 1993 (Age 76 years)
Death June 1995 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Nellie Wilson
Birth: November 5, 1885Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1973Missouri, United States
Marriage: February 22, 1911Laclede, Missouri, United States
5 years
herself
Family with Wallace Owen VanStavern - View this family
husband
Wallace Owen VanStavern
Birth: March 31, 1913 23 20Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 12, 1993Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
herself
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

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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 ??