The Shemwell Family

Harry Edward Strausser SrAge: 75 years19171992

Name
Harry Edward Strausser Sr
Given names
Harry Edward
Surname
Strausser
Name suffix
Sr
Birth January 29, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 months)

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 daughter
#1
Nancy Jane Strausser
about 1940 (Age 22 years)
Census April 29, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 28 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 February 22, 1992 (Age 75 years)
Obituary
Harry E Strausser Sr Obituary
February 25, 1992 (3 days after death)
Obituary
Eleanor M Strausser (nee Foster) Obituary
December 23, 2004 (12 years after death)
Family with Eleanor M Foster - View this family
himself
Harry Edward Strausser Sr
Birth: January 29, 1917Mount Carmel, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 22, 1992Baltimore, Maryland, United States
wife
Eleanor M Foster
Birth: July 22, 1919 37 29Kulpmont, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 22, 2004Westminster, Carroll, Maryland, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Nancy Jane Strausser
Birth: about 1940 22 20Maryland, United States
Death: before 2004
son
Private
daughter
Private

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