The Shemwell Family

Virginia Faye VanGundyAge: 86 years19162003

Name
Virginia Faye VanGundy
Given names
Virginia Faye
Surname
VanGundy
Married name
Virginia Faye Gwin
Married name
Virginia Faye Burk
Birth September 18, 1916 23 22
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 3 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 15 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 16, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Melissa Troutman
February 7, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a half-brotherElbert Marion “Bud” Potter
March 10, 1925 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 13 years)
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Rouch
August 27, 1930 (Age 13 years)

MarriageRaymond Fred BurkView this family
October 8, 1934 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Patty Joyce Burk
August 30, 1935 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ben Harold Burk
August 6, 1938 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Dawn Marvel Gwin
August 29, 1942 (Age 25 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherOlive Lorena Stitt
January 15, 1948 (Age 31 years)
Census April 4, 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 fatherBenjamin Harold VanGundy
June 27, 1964 (Age 47 years)
Death of a brotherBurton Lee VanGundy
March 30, 1967 (Age 50 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 motherElla Myrtle Rouch
October 1986 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherHarold Lavern VanGundy
June 4, 1987 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sonBen Harold Burk
December 19, 1991 (Age 75 years)
Death of a husbandDawn Forest Gwin
October 24, 1996 (Age 80 years)
Death of a husbandRaymond Fred Burk
January 16, 1998 (Age 81 years)
Obituary
Virginia Faye Gwin (nee VanGundy) Obituary
April 8, 2003 (on the date of death)
Death April 8, 2003 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Appleton City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 13, 1913Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
8 months
elder brother
Burton Lee VanGundy
Birth: December 10, 1913 21 19Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 30, 1967Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
16 months
elder brother
Harold Lavern VanGundy
Birth: April 20, 1915 22 20Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 4, 1987Volusia, Florida, United States
17 months
herself
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 Dawn Forest Gwin - View this family
husband
Dawn Forest Gwin
Birth: September 23, 1917 25 26Colorado, United States
Death: October 24, 1996Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
herself
son
Dawn Marvel Gwin
Birth: August 29, 1942 24 25Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 2017Dothan, Houston, Alabama, United States
son
Private
Family with Raymond Fred Burk - View this family
husband
Raymond Fred Burk
Birth: August 22, 1914 20 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 16, 1998Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Marriage: October 8, 1934Payne, Oklahoma, United States
11 months
daughter
Patty Joyce Burk
Birth: August 30, 1935 21 18Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 22, 2013Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Ben Harold Burk
Birth: August 6, 1938 23 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 19, 1991Lane, Oregon, United States
Dawn Forest Gwin + Wanda Mae Miller - View this family
husband
Dawn Forest Gwin
Birth: September 23, 1917 25 26Colorado, United States
Death: October 24, 1996Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
husband’s wife
Wanda Mae Miller
Birth: July 1, 1918Lowry City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
Death: January 26, 2019Marble Falls, Burnet, Texas, United States
Marriage: about 1936
20 months
step-son
Billy Joe Gwin
Birth: September 4, 1937 19 19Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
Death: July 23, 2015Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Virginia Faye 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