The Shemwell Family

Audrise Lorraine FosterAge: 73 years19151989

Name
Audrise Lorraine Foster
Given names
Audrise Lorraine
Surname
Foster
Birth September 30, 1915 24 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 months)

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 15 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 2 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 9, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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
Birth of a sisterAnna May Foster
1936 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Robert Foster Sr
March 13, 1941 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 sisterAnna May Foster
October 15, 1963 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Robinson Foster
April 1973 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherMabel B Zimmerman
April 22, 1974 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 April 7, 1989 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Edgewood Memorial Park
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father
mother
Mabel B Zimmerman
Birth: December 3, 1894Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 22, 1974Pennsylvania, United States
herself
Audrise Lorraine Foster
Birth: September 30, 1915 24 20Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 7, 1989Pennsylvania, United States
brother
Private
younger sister
Anna May Foster
Birth: 1936 45 41Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 15, 1963Pennsylvania, United States

Audrise Lorraine Foster has 37 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Robinson Foster - Household

Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Foster, George RheadRMW29MYesYesPAEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishYesLaborCoal MineW
Zimmerman, Mabel BwifeFW25MYesYesPAYesNone
Foster, Audrise LdaughterFW4SPAPAPAYesNone