The Shemwell Family

Events of close relatives Historical facts
Birth	January 29, 1878 28 28 Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States
Historical Event	Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event	Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 years) Cuba 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
Marriage	Mae Frost — View this family January 22, 1905 (Age 26 years) Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
Birth of a son #1	John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering March 25, 1907 (Age 29 years) Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death of a father	Charles D Lavering October 9, 1915 (Age 37 years) Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States
Historical Event	Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 51 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 mother	Mary Jane Barney May 26, 1939 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event	World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 71 years) South Korea 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 67 years) Vietnam 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	August 17, 1954 (Age 76 years) Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
Burial	August 19, 1954 (2 days after death) Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery

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Family with parents - View this family

father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mary Jane Barney Everett Charles Lavering Charles D Lavering Birth: October 5, 1849 — Knox, Ohio, United States Death: October 9, 1915 — Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Charles D Lavering Everett Charles Lavering Mary Jane Barney Birth: September 30, 1849 — Adams, Jefferson, New York, United States Death: May 26, 1939
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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mae Frost John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering Everett Charles Lavering Birth: January 29, 1878 28 28 — Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States Death: August 17, 1954 — Oakland, Alameda, California, United States

Family with Mae Frost - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mae Frost John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering Everett Charles Lavering Birth: January 29, 1878 28 28 — Delphos, Ottawa, Kansas, United States Death: August 17, 1954 — Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Everett Charles Lavering John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering Mae Frost Birth: April 17, 1882 61 42 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States Death: March 19, 1969 — Alameda, California, United States
	Marriage: January 22, 1905 — Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
2 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering Birth: March 25, 1907 29 24 — Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States Death: August 26, 1992 — San Mateo, California, United States

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Family with parents
father Parents (unknown)	Charles D Lavering 1849–1915
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Jane Barney 1849–1939
himself Family Mae Frost John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering	Everett Charles Lavering 1878–1954
Family with Mae Frost
himself Parents Charles D Lavering Mary Jane Barney	Everett Charles Lavering 1878–1954
wife Parents Elijah Frost II Matilda Price	Mae Frost 1882–1969
son Family (none)	John Elijah Everett “Jack” Lavering 1907–1992