The Shemwell Family

Burton Lee VanGundyAge: 53 years19131967

Name
Burton Lee VanGundy
Given names
Burton Lee
Surname
VanGundy
Birth December 10, 1913 21 19
Birth of a brotherHarold Lavern VanGundy
April 20, 1915 (Age 16 months)
Birth of a sisterVirginia Faye VanGundy
September 18, 1916 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Melissa Troutman
February 7, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherElbert Marion “Bud” Potter
March 10, 1925 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 paternal grandfatherGlen Samuel VanGundy
January 6, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Rouch
August 27, 1930 (Age 16 years)

MarriageMarjorie Neclene GibbensView this family
September 2, 1936 (Age 22 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 paternal grandmotherOlive Lorena Stitt
January 15, 1948 (Age 34 years)
Census April 6, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 fatherBenjamin Harold VanGundy
June 27, 1964 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 March 30, 1967 (Age 53 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Roselawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 13, 1913Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
8 months
himself
Burton Lee VanGundy
Birth: December 10, 1913 21 19Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 30, 1967Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
16 months
younger brother
Harold Lavern VanGundy
Birth: April 20, 1915 22 20Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 4, 1987Volusia, Florida, United States
17 months
younger sister
Mother’s family with Elbert Thomas Potter - View this family
step-father
Elbert Thomas Potter
Birth: March 27, 1884 40 33Greenfield, Dade, Missouri, United States
Death: March 6, 1952Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
mother
half-brother
Elbert Marion “Bud” Potter
Birth: March 10, 1925 40 30Mulhall, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 4, 2004Attica, Harper, Kansas, United States
half-sister
Private
Family with Marjorie Neclene Gibbens - View this family
himself
Burton Lee VanGundy
Birth: December 10, 1913 21 19Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 30, 1967Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marjorie Neclene Gibbens
Birth: July 17, 1917 34 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 19, 1976Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 2, 1936Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Burton Lee VanGundy has 16 first cousins recorded

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

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Burton Lee VanGundy - Household

Royal Hotel Hicks, Washington, Arkansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
VanGundy, Burton LeelodgerMW26MNoOKTruck DriverPradma CoPW521092

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Burton Lee VanGundy - Household

Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
VanGundy, Burton LeeheadR650NoMW26MNoOKTruck DriverFrank CoPW521000
VanGundy, Margie NxwifeFW22MNoOKClerkRetail StorePw52500

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Burton Lee VanGundy - Household

Mulhall, Logan, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
VanGundy, Burton LheadMW36MarOKWK70Farm HelperFarmP
VanGundy, NeclenewifeFW32MarOKH