The Shemwell Family

Lewis Emerold HeiserAge: 75 years18971973

Name
Lewis Emerold Heiser
Given names
Lewis Emerold
Surname
Heiser
Birth November 14, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 years)

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 19 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 20 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 7, 1920 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert W Heiser
July 7, 1921 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lewis E Heiser Jr
September 9, 1922 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Dorothy L Heiser
February 19, 1924 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Jean M Heiser
May 2, 1928 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Glenn Charles Heiser
July 19, 1929 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 8, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#6
James Heiser
July 23, 1931 (Age 33 years)
Death of a wifeEva Mae Foster
May 26, 1935 (Age 37 years)
Death of a sonJames Heiser
March 29, 1937 (Age 39 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 48 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 January 1973 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Citizens Cemetery
Family with Eva Mae Foster - View this family
himself
wife
Eva Mae Foster
Birth: December 7, 1897 34 36Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 26, 1935Ashland, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
Robert W Heiser
Birth: July 7, 1921 23 23Locust, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 10, 1981Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
14 months
son
Lewis E Heiser Jr
Birth: September 9, 1922 24 24Locust Dale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 18, 1990Ashland, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
17 months
daughter
Dorothy L Heiser
Birth: February 19, 1924 26 26Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: March 16, 2014Coal, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
daughter
Jean M Heiser
Birth: May 2, 1928 30 30Locust Dale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: November 11, 1990Lansdale, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
15 months
son
Glenn Charles Heiser
Birth: July 19, 1929 31 31Locust Dale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 15, 2008Pennsylvania, United States
son
Private
son
James Heiser
Birth: July 23, 1931 33 33Locust Dale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: March 29, 1937Locust Dale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

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