The Shemwell Family

Ethel Anna KitchenAge: 84 years18911975

Name
Ethel Anna Kitchen
Given names
Ethel Anna
Surname
Kitchen
Married name
Ethel Anna Ganzer
Birth June 2, 1891 22
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 6 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
Marriage of a parentClarence Harvey GeorgeDeborah Verena “Birdie” FrostView this family
about 1900 (Age 8 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Frost
April 6, 1908 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherDeborah Acord
December 20, 1912 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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 38 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 50 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 motherDeborah Verena “Birdie” Frost
August 18, 1953 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 54 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 7, 1975 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Glen Haven Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
mother
herself
Ethel Anna Kitchen
Birth: June 2, 1891 22Vallejo, Solano, California, United States
Death: June 7, 1975Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Mother’s family with Charles Moore Ketchen - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: January 3, 1883Red Bluff, Tehama, California, United States
Mother’s family with John Harry Smith - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: July 28, 1889Ferndale, Humboldt, California, United States
Mother’s family with Clarence Harvey George - View this family
step-father
Clarence Harvey George
Birth: December 10, 1851New York, United States
Death: June 29, 1937Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1900

Ethel Anna Kitchen has 16 first cousins recorded