The Shemwell Family

Frank Leslie PurvisAge: 97 years19062004

Name
Frank Leslie Purvis
Given names
Frank Leslie
Surname
Purvis
Birth December 30, 1906
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
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/
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
MarriageLeila Bell KittrellView this family
August 22, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lynn L Purvis
about 1933 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Frank Purvis
April 18, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 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
DivorceLeila Bell KittrellView this family
June 20, 1960 (Age 53 years)
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 of a wifeLeila Bell Kittrell
March 21, 2002 (Age 95 years)

Death January 14, 2004 (Age 97 years)
Family with Leila Bell Kittrell - View this family
himself
Frank Leslie Purvis
Birth: December 30, 1906Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 14, 2004Lane, Oregon, United States
ex-wife
Marriage: August 22, 1931Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Divorce: June 20, 1960Coos, Oregon, United States
2 years
son
Lynn L Purvis
Birth: about 1933 26 20Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 24, 2012
16 months
son
Robert Frank Purvis
Birth: April 18, 1934 27 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 24, 2011
Everett William Blair + Leila Bell Kittrell - View this family
wife’s husband
Everett William Blair
Birth: January 16, 1913Rush Springs, Grady, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 26, 1982Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States
ex-wife
Marriage: March 30, 1962Dallas, Texas, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Frank Leslie Purvis - Household

3600 Liberty Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Purvis, Frank LheadMW34MOKSame PlaceManager of Service StationRetail Gasoline Station
Purvis, Leila BwifeFW26MARSame Place
Purvis, Lynn LsonMW7SOKSame Place
Purvis, Robert FsonMW5SOKSame Place