The Shemwell Family

Anna Ellen LevanAge: 71 years19111983

Name
Anna Ellen Levan
Given names
Anna Ellen
Surname
Levan
Birth October 12, 1911 27 24
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Elizabeth Wills
July 19, 1913 (Age 21 months)
Birth of a brotherWesley J Levan
1915 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterBlanche V Levan
December 16, 1916 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 brotherCharles E Levan
November 2, 1918 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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/
Census January 8, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterAlma M Levan
September 10, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherMarlin H Levan
December 26, 1922 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherClair L Levan
May 26, 1926 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 7, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Robert Foster Sr
March 13, 1941 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 brotherMarlin H Levan
September 21, 1949 (Age 37 years)
Death of a motherAnna Elisabeth “Annie” Foster
June 16, 1951 (Age 39 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Henry Levan
December 8, 1952 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 half-brotherEllis William Foster
December 26, 1963 (Age 52 years)
Death of a brotherWesley J Levan
1965 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterBlanche V Levan
April 1, 1974 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 September 1983 (Age 71 years)
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Anna Ellen Levan
Birth: October 12, 1911 27 24Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 1983Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
younger brother
Wesley J Levan
Birth: 1915 31 28Pennsylvania, United States
Death: 1965Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
younger sister
Blanche V Levan
Birth: December 16, 1916 32 30Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 1, 1974Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
younger brother
Charles E Levan
Birth: November 2, 1918 34 31Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 19, 2006Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
22 months
younger sister
Alma M Levan
Birth: September 10, 1920 36 33Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 25, 2010Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
younger 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
younger brother
Clair L Levan
Birth: May 26, 1926 42 39Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 7, 2016Pennsylvania, United States
sister
Private
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step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1905Pennsylvania, United States
21 months
half-brother
Ellis William Foster
Birth: October 9, 1906 19Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 26, 1963Cressona, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States

Anna Ellen Levan has 31 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Levan - Household

Locust, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Levan, William HheadOFMW36MUnNaYesYesPAPAPAYesLaborPumpsmanW
Foster, Anna EwifeFW32MYesYesEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishYesNone
Levan, Anna EdaughterFW8 3/12SYesYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Levan, Wesley JsonMW5 10/12SYesYesYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Levan, Blanche VdaughterFW3 1/12SYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Levan, Charles EsonMW1 2/12SPAPAEnglandYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Levan - Household

Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Levan, William HheadO2500NoMW43M24NoYesPAPAPAYesLaborerCoal MineWYesNo
Foster, Anna EwifeFW42M22NoYesEnglandEnglandEnglandEnglish1888NaYesNone
Levan, Anna EdaughterFW18SNoYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Levan, Wesley JsonMW15SYesYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Levan, Blanche VdaughterFW13SYesYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Levan, Charles EsonMW11SYesYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Levan, Alma MdaughterFW9SYesPAPAEnglandNone
Levan, Marlin HsonMW8SYesPAPAEnglandNone
Levan, Clair LsonMW3 11/12SNoPAPAEnglandNone