The Shemwell Family

Benjamin Harold VanGundyAge: 71 years18921964

Name
Benjamin Harold VanGundy
Given names
Benjamin Harold
Surname
VanGundy
Birth September 20, 1892 28 20
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
Census June 28, 1900 (Age 7 years)
MarriageElla Myrtle RouchView this family
April 13, 1913 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Burton Lee VanGundy
December 10, 1913 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Harold Lavern VanGundy
April 20, 1915 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Virginia Faye VanGundy
September 18, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 16, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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
Death of a fatherGlen Samuel VanGundy
January 6, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childRaymond Fred BurkVirginia Faye VanGundyView this family
October 8, 1934 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Patty Joyce Burk
August 30, 1935 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a childBurton Lee VanGundyMarjorie Neclene GibbensView this family
September 2, 1936 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Ben Harold Burk
August 6, 1938 (Age 45 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Dawn Marvel Gwin
August 29, 1942 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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
Marriage of a childHarold Lavern VanGundyMary Elizabeth DoughertyView this family
June 14, 1946 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherOlive Lorena Stitt
January 15, 1948 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 53 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 27, 1964 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Reese Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Glen Samuel VanGundy
Birth: January 9, 1864Kansas, United States
Death: January 6, 1930Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Olive Lorena Stitt
Birth: June 16, 1872Verona, Grundy, Illinois, United States
Death: January 15, 1948Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: about 1891
21 months
himself
Family with Ella Myrtle Rouch - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: April 13, 1913Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
8 months
son
Burton Lee VanGundy
Birth: December 10, 1913 21 19Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 30, 1967Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
16 months
son
Harold Lavern VanGundy
Birth: April 20, 1915 22 20Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 4, 1987Volusia, Florida, United States
17 months
daughter
Elbert Thomas Potter + Ella Myrtle Rouch - View this family
wife’s husband
Elbert Thomas Potter
Birth: March 27, 1884 40 33Greenfield, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: March 6, 1952Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
wife
step-son
Elbert Marion “Bud” Potter
Birth: March 10, 1925 40 30Mulhall, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 4, 2004Attica, Harper, Kansas, United States
step-daughter
Private

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Glen Samuel VanGundy - Household

Cimarron, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
VanGundy, Glen SheadWMJan186337M10KSOHMDSalesman0YesYesYesOFH
VanGundy, Olive LwifeWFJun187227M1022ILILOHYesYesYes
VanGundy, BenjaminsonWMSep18927SKSKSIL
VanGundy, HowardsonWMAug18990 years 7 monthsSOKKSIL

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Harold VanGundy - Household

ED 218 Clinton, Custer, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
VanGundy, B HheadRMW27MNoYesYesKSKSKSYesSalesman??S
VanGundy, EllawifeFW25MNoYesYesILININYesNone
VanGundy, BurtonsonMW6SYesYesYesOKKSILYesNone
VanGundy, HaroldsonMW4 years 9 monthsSNoNoNoOKKSILYesNone
VanGundy, Virginia FaydaughterFW3 years 3 monthsSNoNoNoOKKSILYesNone