The Shemwell Family

Evelyn Isabelle TroutmanAge: 63 years19151978

Name
Evelyn Isabelle Troutman
Given names
Evelyn Isabelle
Surname
Troutman
Birth June 6, 1915 28 29
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 months)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherLeslie Edwin Troutman
about 1917 (Age 18 months)
Note: Birth year/place based on 1930 Census
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 2 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 January 8, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherIsabell Julian
December 4, 1924 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Campbell Troutman
January 21, 1929 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 28, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherEdwin Howard McDougle
February 23, 1931 (Age 15 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Ellen Tilton
February 5, 1945 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Immigration February 17, 1946 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 fatherFerdinand Bliss Troutman
January 1963 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 motherAdeline McDougle
1978 (Age 62 years)
Death December 23, 1978 (Age 63 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: November 29, 1911Cass, Indiana, United States
4 years
herself
Evelyn Isabelle Troutman
Birth: June 6, 1915 28 29Wisconsin, United States
Death: December 23, 1978Orange, Florida, United States
3 years
younger brother
Leslie Edwin Troutman
Birth: about 1917 30 31Wisconsin, United States
Death: November 27, 2001Whatcom, Washington, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ferdinand Bliss Troutman - Household

ED 118 Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Troutman, FerdinandheadOMMW33MYesYesINININYesElectrical EngineerNewspaper OfficeW
Troutman, AdelinewifeFW34MYesYesINOHINYesNone
Troutman, EvelyndaughterFW4 years 6 monthsSWIININNone
Troutman, LesliesonMW2 years 11 monthsSWIININNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ferdinand Bliss Troutman - Household

ED 1 York, DuPage, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Troutman, Ferdinand BheadO8000RNoMW43M25INININYesElectricianNewspaperWYesNo
Trautman, AdelinewifeFW44M26INOHINYesNone
Trautman, Evelyn IdaughterFW14SWIININYesNone
Trautman, Leslie EsonMW13SWIININYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Evelyn Isabelle Troutman - Household

New York, New York, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Urguhart, Mary CxheadR350NoFW28SYesCanada00
Troutman, Evelyn IxlodgerFW24SYesWI24425