The Shemwell Family

Stanley Speece1891

Name
Stanley Speece
Given names
Stanley
Surname
Speece
Birth about 1891 30 28
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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
Birth of a sisterCupit Virginia Speece
October 3, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherLawrence Speece
about 1902 (Age 11 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Death of a motherSallie L Huffman
November 21, 1916 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 25 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 26 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 27 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/
Death of a fatherJohn R Speece
1929 (Age 38 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 59 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 sisterAttie G Speece
December 8, 1954 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 55 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 sisterCupit Virginia Speece
February 8, 1992 (Age 101 years)
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Sallie L Huffman
Birth: November 11, 1862Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 21, 1916Princeton, Colusa, California, United States
Marriage: about 1883
2 years
elder sister
7 years
himself
10 years
younger sister
Cupit Virginia Speece
Birth: October 3, 1900 39 37Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: February 8, 1992Yuba, California, United States
2 years
younger brother

Stanley Speece has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John R Speece - Household

Clinton, Henry, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Speece, John RheadMW49M26ILINILFarmerGeneral Farm
Speece, SalliewifeFW47M2666MOVAMO
Speece, StanleysonMW19SMOILMOLaborerHome Farm
Speece, CupitdaughterFW9SMOILMO
Speece, LawrencesonMW8SMOILMO
Shemwell, AttiedaughterFW25M1211MOILMO
Shemwell, Jewellgrand sonMW2SMOMOMO