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Alvina Mae PoffenrothAge: 83 years19111994

Name
Alvina Mae Poffenroth
Given names
Alvina Mae
Surname
Poffenroth
Married name
Alvina Mae Snyder
Birth September 25, 1911 38 39
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Barbara Elaine Snyder
March 6, 1934 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Richard Lee Snyder
September 23, 1937 (Age 25 years)
Shared note: Birth and Death date taken from Obituary
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherAdam Poffenroth
July 12, 1943 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 motherKatherine Elizabeth Dippel
October 10, 1956 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 December 4, 1994 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1899Russia
13 years
herself
Alvina Mae Poffenroth
Birth: September 25, 1911 38 39Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States
Death: December 4, 1994Port Hueneme, Ventura, California, United States
Family with Harry Francis Snyder - View this family
husband
Harry Francis Snyder
Birth: July 22, 1910 28 34Dalton City, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: December 30, 1995Port Hueneme, Ventura, California, United States
herself
Alvina Mae Poffenroth
Birth: September 25, 1911 38 39Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States
Death: December 4, 1994Port Hueneme, Ventura, California, United States
daughter
Barbara Elaine Snyder
Birth: March 6, 1934 23 22Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: December 15, 2016Waconia, Carver, Minnesota, United States
4 years
son
Richard Lee Snyder
Birth: September 23, 1937 27 25Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: June 7, 2009Largo, Pinellas, Florida, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
Harry Francis Snyder + Sarah Elizabeth Escobedo - View this family
husband
Harry Francis Snyder
Birth: July 22, 1910 28 34Dalton City, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: December 30, 1995Port Hueneme, Ventura, California, United States
husband’s wife
Sarah Elizabeth Escobedo
Birth: November 28, 1922 37 30El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
Death: December 15, 2002Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: March 29, 1942Coconino, Arizona, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Adam Poffenroth - Household

Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Poffenroth, AdamheadOFMW45M1901PaYesNoRussiaGermanRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesLaborerRailroadW
Poffenroth, KatiewifeFW46M1901PaYesNoRussiaGermanRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, AdamsonMW19SYesYesYesRussiaGermanRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, JohnsonMW17SYesYesYesWIRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, PaulinedaughterFW12SYesYesYesWARussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, AlexsonMW10SYesYesYesWARussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, Alvina MdaughterFW8SYesWARussiaGermanRussiaGermanNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Adam Poffenroth - Household

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Poffenroth, EabanheadO3500NoMW66MNoRussia
Poffenroth, Catherine ExwifeFW67MNoRussia
Poffenroth, AlecsonMW30SNoWARelief Man Creamery PlantDairy PlantPW521749No
Snyder, AlvinadaughterFW28M?NoWA
Snyder, Barbaragrand-daughterFW6SYesCA
Snyder, RichardgrandsonMW2SNoCA

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Harry Francis Snyder - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Snyder, Harry FheadMW39MarILWK70Ice Cream SalesmanRetail RouteP
Snyder, Alvina MwifeFW38MarWAWK40SecretaryWoman's Accessory ManufacturingP
Snyder, Barbara EdaughterFW16NevCAOT
Snyder, Richard LsonMW12NevCA