The Shemwell Family

Rowena Frost1896

Name
Rowena Frost
Given names
Rowena
Surname
Frost
Married name
Rowena Scott
Birth about 1896 32 30
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 years)
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
Birth of a brotherErnest Eugene Frost
May 28, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Frost II
November 28, 1904 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 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 21 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 22 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherMatilda Price
April 9, 1921 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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
Death of a maternal grandmotherEmma Mary Curtis
June 9, 1930 (Age 34 years)
Death of a motherAlice Elizabeth McKenzie
October 18, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 fatherByron Frost
May 8, 1950 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 50 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 brotherErnest Eugene Frost
December 25, 1981 (Age 85 years)
Deathunknown

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father
Byron Frost
Birth: October 24, 1863 42 23Susanville, Lassen, California, United States
Death: May 8, 1950Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Alice Elizabeth McKenzie
Birth: October 5, 1865 25 18Middleton, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: October 18, 1940Willows, Glenn, California, United States
Marriage: December 15, 1891Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
5 years
herself
4 years
younger brother
Ernest Eugene Frost
Birth: May 28, 1900 36 34Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: December 25, 1981Placerville, El Dorado, California, United States

Rowena Frost has 14 first cousins recorded