The Shemwell Family

Vale Lorraine SheesleyAge: 88 years19162005

Name
Vale Lorraine Sheesley
Given names
Vale Lorraine
Surname
Sheesley
Married name
Vale Lorraine Troutman
Birth October 2, 1916 33 30
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 2 months)

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 14 months)

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 January 29, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Census 1925 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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 6, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherHarry Ephraim Sheesley
January 24, 1931 (Age 14 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Birth of a son
#1
Michael Kent Troutman
1945 (Age 28 years)
Census April 28, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 husbandGeorge Earl Troutman
December 31, 1973 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 sonMichael Kent Troutman
1977 (Age 60 years)
Death of a motherValley Forrest Housholder
December 12, 1981 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterCatherine Corrine Sheesley
October 29, 1999 (Age 83 years)
Death August 2, 2005 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Mission Cemetery
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father
mother
Valley Forrest Housholder
Birth: October 25, 1885Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: December 12, 1981Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Marriage: June 6, 1906Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
20 months
elder sister
Catherine Corrine Sheesley
Birth: February 5, 1908 24 22Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: October 29, 1999Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
9 years
herself
Vale Lorraine Sheesley
Birth: October 2, 1916 33 30Cicero, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: August 2, 2005Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Family with George Earl Troutman - View this family
husband
George Earl Troutman
Birth: March 28, 1911 28 23Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: December 31, 1973Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
herself
Vale Lorraine Sheesley
Birth: October 2, 1916 33 30Cicero, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: August 2, 2005Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
son
Private
son
Michael Kent Troutman
Birth: 1945 33 28Colorado, United States
Death: 1977Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Harry Ephraim Sheesley - Household

London, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sheesley, Harry EheadOFMW38MYesYesILILILYesMerchantOwn General StoreEM
Sheesley, ValleywifeFW33MYesYesKSOHOHYes
Sheesley, CatherinedaughterFW11SYesYesYesKSILKSYes
Sheesley, ValedaughterFW3SKSILKS

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Harry Ephraim Sheesley - Household

Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Sheesley, H EheadMW42MILManager - Grocery Store
Housholder, ValleywifeFW38MKSClerk - Grocery Store
Sheesley, KathrinedaughterFW17SKS
Sheesley, ValedaughterFW8SKS
Sheesley, MarymotherFW74WDIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Ephraim Sheesley - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sheesley, Harry EheadO7500RNoMW47M23NoYesILPAILYesSalesmanGrocery storeWYesNo
Sheesley, Valley FwifeFW44M21NoYesKSOHOHYesSalesladyGrocery StoreWYes
Sheesley, Catherine EdaughterFW22SNoYesKSILKSYes
Sheesley, Vale FdaughterFW13SYesYesKSILKSYes