The Shemwell Family

Grace Matilda FosterAge: 73 years19091982

Name
Grace Matilda Foster
Given names
Grace Matilda
Surname
Foster
Married name
Grace Matilda Longbine
Married name
Grace Matilda Sites
Birth February 8, 1909 26 18
Birth of a brotherJames Foster
August 13, 1912 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherJane Elizabeth Wills
July 19, 1913 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMargaret Foster
August 31, 1913 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 brotherRaymond Clyde Foster
February 17, 1917 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterBlanche Viola Foster
April 1, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 sisterEleanor M Foster
July 22, 1919 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJacob H Moyer
April 2, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert John Foster
December 5, 1920 (Age 11 years)
MarriageMillard LongbineView this family
about 1925 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Betty L Longbine
March 11, 1926 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Millard Albert Longbine
about June 1928 (Age 19 years)
Death of a sonMillard Albert Longbine
October 9, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Note: (aged less–than 1 year)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 28, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Donald J Longbine
May 19, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Robert Foster Jr
April 28, 1935 (Age 26 years)
Marriage of a parentRaymond Anthony PurcellLaura May MoyerView this family
1937 (Age 27 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Robert Foster Sr
March 13, 1941 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 maternal grandmotherSarah Alice Derr
August 15, 1951 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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
MarriageClayton Edward Sites JrView this family
May 3, 1954 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 motherLaura May Moyer
September 26, 1977 (Age 68 years)
Death of a sisterBlanche Viola Foster
May 26, 1978 (Age 69 years)
Death June 1982 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint John's Lutheran Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1908Pennsylvania, United States
13 months
herself
4 years
younger brother
James Foster
Birth: August 13, 1912 30 22Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 18, 1985Florida, United States
13 months
younger sister
Margaret Foster
Birth: August 31, 1913 31 23Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 16, 1986Alabama, United States
4 years
younger brother
Raymond Clyde Foster
Birth: February 17, 1917 34 26Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 4, 1990Pennsylvania, United States
13 months
younger sister
16 months
younger sister
Eleanor M Foster
Birth: July 22, 1919 37 29Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 22, 2004Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, United States
16 months
younger brother
Robert John Foster
Birth: December 5, 1920 38 30Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 25, 2000Hawaii, United States
Mother’s family with Raymond Anthony Purcell - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: 1937New Jersey, United States
Family with Millard Longbine - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1925Pennsylvania, United States
14 months
daughter
Betty L Longbine
Birth: March 11, 1926 18 17Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 10, 2003Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
son
Millard Albert Longbine
Birth: about June 1928 20 19Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 9, 1928Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
son
Donald J Longbine
Birth: May 19, 1930 22 21Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: January 26, 2015Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Family with Clayton Edward Sites Jr - View this family
husband
Clayton Edward Sites Jr
Birth: December 18, 1902Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 15, 1992Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
herself
Marriage: May 3, 1954Arlington, Virginia, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Millard Longbine - Household

Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Longbine, MillardheadR18RNoMW22M19NoYesPAUnited StatesUnited StatesBlacksmithCollieryWNo
Longbine, Grace MwifeFW19M15NoYesPAEnglandPANone
Longbine, Betty LdaughterFW4 0/12SNoPAPAPANone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Millard Longbine - Household

Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Longbine, MillardheadR15MW30MNoPAForemanConstruction521200No
Longbine, Grace MxwifeFW30MNoPA
Longbine, Donald JsonMW9SYesPA
Longbine, Betty LdaughterFW14SYesPA