The Shemwell Family

Marjorie L GowenAge: 80 years19111992

Name
Marjorie L Gowen
Given names
Marjorie L
Surname
Gowen
Married name
Marjorie L Kiser
Birth September 12, 1911 27 24
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Census February 4, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 18 years)
MarriageMartin Luther KiserView this family
February 28, 1935 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 maternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Williams
September 11, 1945 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 motherMaude Lee Rushin
May 22, 1956 (Age 44 years)
Death of a fatherWesley Darwin Gowen
January 9, 1972 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 husbandMartin Luther Kiser
June 18, 1984 (Age 72 years)
Death September 6, 1992 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochran Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Wesley Darwin Gowen
Birth: July 29, 1884White, Illinois, United States
Death: January 9, 1972Butler, Missouri, United States
mother
Maude Lee Rushin
Birth: August 19, 1887 26 22Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 22, 1956Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 19, 1907Butler, Missouri, United States
8 months
elder sister
3 years
herself
Marjorie L Gowen
Birth: September 12, 1911 27 24Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 6, 1992Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Family with Martin Luther Kiser - View this family
husband
Martin Luther Kiser
Birth: September 5, 1894Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, United States
Death: June 18, 1984Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Marjorie L Gowen
Birth: September 12, 1911 27 24Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 6, 1992Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: February 28, 1935Missouri, United States

Marjorie L Gowen has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Darwin Gowen - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Gowen, Wesley DheadMW34MILTNINFarm LaborerHome Farm
Gowen, MaudewifeFW31MMOILMO
Gowen, EunicedaughterFW11SMOILMO
Gowen, MarjoriedaughterFW8SMOILMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Wesley Darwin Gowen - Household

Country Road Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gowen, Wesley DheadMW44M23ILUSINFasrmerGeneral Farm
Gowen, Maude LwifeFW42M19MOUSMO
Gowen, Marjorie LdaughterFW18SMOILMO