The Shemwell Family

Elijah Vance FrostAge: 85 years19081994

Name
Elijah Vance Frost
Given names
Elijah Vance
Surname
Frost
Birth August 17, 1908 22 23
Birth of a sisterThelma Frost
March 15, 1916 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Hillsman Mynatt
September 25, 1926 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 grandmotherRoseann Baker
August 20, 1938 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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
Death of a fatherElijah P Frost
September 23, 1957 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherBertha Sarah Mynatt
May 13, 1972 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 sisterThelma Frost
February 10, 1977 (Age 68 years)
Death June 22, 1994 (Age 85 years)
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father
Elijah P Frost
Birth: January 30, 1886 65 46Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: September 23, 1957Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Bertha Sarah Mynatt
Birth: November 4, 1884 38 23Smith, Kansas, United States
Death: May 13, 1972Costa Mesa, Orange, California, United States
Marriage: October 25, 1907Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
10 months
himself
Elijah Vance Frost
Birth: August 17, 1908 22 23Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: June 22, 1994San Mateo, California, United States
8 years
younger sister
Thelma Frost
Birth: March 15, 1916 30 31Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
Death: February 10, 1977Orange, California, United States

Elijah Vance Frost has 14 first cousins recorded