The Shemwell Family

Ellis William FosterAge: 57 years19061963

Name
Ellis William Foster
Given names
Ellis William
Surname
Foster
Birth October 9, 1906 19
Birth of a half-sisterAnna Ellen Levan
October 12, 1911 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Elizabeth Wills
July 19, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherWesley J Levan
1915 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterBlanche V Levan
December 16, 1916 (Age 10 years)
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
Birth of a half-brotherCharles E Levan
November 2, 1918 (Age 12 years)
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/
Birth of a half-sisterAlma M Levan
September 10, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherMarlin H Levan
December 26, 1922 (Age 16 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Foster
before 1925 (Age 18 years)
Note: He was listed as "John Foster" and Deceased in his son's (Ellis Foster) 1925 Marriage Application.
Birth of a half-brotherClair L Levan
May 26, 1926 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Robert Foster Sr
March 13, 1941 (Age 34 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
Death of a half-brotherMarlin H Levan
September 21, 1949 (Age 42 years)
Death of a motherAnna Elisabeth “Annie” Foster
June 16, 1951 (Age 44 years)
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 December 26, 1963 (Age 57 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Schuylkill Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1905Pennsylvania, United States
21 months
himself
Ellis William Foster
Birth: October 9, 1906 19Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 26, 1963Cressona, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Mother’s family with William Henry Levan - View this family
step-father
mother
half-sister
Anna Ellen Levan
Birth: October 12, 1911 27 24Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 1983Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
half-brother
Wesley J Levan
Birth: 1915 31 28Pennsylvania, United States
Death: 1965Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
half-sister
Blanche V Levan
Birth: December 16, 1916 32 30Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 1, 1974Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
half-brother
Charles E Levan
Birth: November 2, 1918 34 31Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 19, 2006Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
22 months
half-sister
Alma M Levan
Birth: September 10, 1920 36 33Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 25, 2010Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
half-brother
Marlin H Levan
Birth: December 26, 1922 38 36Newlin, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 21, 1949North Manheim, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
half-brother
Clair L Levan
Birth: May 26, 1926 42 39Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 7, 2016Pennsylvania, United States
half-sister
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