The Shemwell Family

Henry O'Farrell DormanAge: 56 years18991955

Name
Henry O'Farrell Dorman
Given names
Henry O'Farrell
Surname
Dorman
Birth April 27, 1899 37 26
Birth of a sisterAdamae Dorman
June 27, 1904 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherElijah Frost II
November 28, 1904 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherCarolina “Caroline” Leffel
July 12, 1911 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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 grandfatherWilliam Dorman
April 7, 1921 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMatilda Price
April 9, 1921 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherHenry William Dorman
May 7, 1929 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 motherIda Frost
December 17, 1949 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 46 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 June 14, 1955 (Age 56 years)
Burial June 17, 1955 (3 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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father
Henry William Dorman
Birth: February 26, 1862 29 25Blue Grass, Illinois City, Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Death: May 7, 1929Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
mother
Ida Frost
Birth: August 17, 1872 51 32Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: December 17, 1949West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: August 5, 1893Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
6 years
himself
Henry O'Farrell Dorman
Birth: April 27, 1899 37 26Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: June 14, 1955Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
5 years
younger sister
Adamae Dorman
Birth: June 27, 1904 42 31Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Death: January 3, 1991San Diego, California, United States

Henry O'Farrell Dorman has 14 first cousins recorded