The Shemwell Family

Lucy Lavina ClarkAge: 92 years18891981

Name
Lucy Lavina Clark
Given names
Lucy Lavina
Surname
Clark
Married name
Lucy Lavina Frost
Married name
Lucy Lavina McBride
Birth June 28, 1889
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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
MarriageHugh Morris McBrideView this family
August 8, 1909 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 husbandHugh Morris McBride
December 7, 1921 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 52 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 60 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
MarriageGay FrostView this family
September 18, 1958 (Age 69 years)
Death of a husbandGay Frost
March 18, 1974 (Age 84 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 August 31, 1981 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Sapulpa Cemetery
Family with Gay Frost - View this family
husband
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
herself
Lucy Lavina Clark
Birth: June 28, 1889Red Willow, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States
Death: August 31, 1981Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1958Sonoma, California, United States
Family with Hugh Morris McBride - View this family
husband
Hugh Morris McBride
Birth: January 26, 1886Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: December 7, 1921El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
herself
Lucy Lavina Clark
Birth: June 28, 1889Red Willow, Red Willow, Nebraska, United States
Death: August 31, 1981Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: August 8, 1909Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Gay Frost + Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister - View this family
husband
Gay Frost
Birth: May 8, 1886 60 33Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: March 18, 1974Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
husband’s wife
Gertrude Harmon “Goldie” Meister
Birth: July 23, 1886Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Death: October 30, 1957El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 29, 1949El Paso, Texas, United States