The Shemwell Family

Frederick P KingAge: 68 years19081977

Name
Frederick P King
Given names
Frederick P
Surname
King
Birth February 21, 1908 27 24
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 11, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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
MarriageMildred Evelyn SnyderView this family
July 22, 1941 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 10, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 wifeMildred Evelyn Snyder
September 25, 1954 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherWillis Presley King
February 20, 1956 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 February 17, 1977 (Age 68 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Willis Presley King
Birth: June 28, 1880Bevier, Macon, Missouri, United States
Death: February 20, 1956Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Mabel Ethel Storrer
Birth: December 1, 1883Lee, Monroe, Ohio, United States
Death: June 27, 1980Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: April 3, 1907Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
11 months
himself
Frederick P King
Birth: February 21, 1908 27 24Kansas City, Platte, Missouri, United States
Death: February 17, 1977Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Family with Mildred Evelyn Snyder - View this family
himself
Frederick P King
Birth: February 21, 1908 27 24Kansas City, Platte, Missouri, United States
Death: February 17, 1977Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Mildred Evelyn Snyder
Birth: September 28, 1900 49 39Dalton City, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: September 25, 1954Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: July 22, 1941Clark, Nevada, United States
Levi Isebille Reid + Mildred Evelyn Snyder - View this family
wife’s husband
Levi Isebille Reid
Birth: April 23, 1897 35 28Bathgate, Pembina, North Dakota, United States
Death: March 31, 1930Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Mildred Evelyn Snyder
Birth: September 28, 1900 49 39Dalton City, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: September 25, 1954Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: December 29, 1922Salter, Saskatchewan, Canada
2 years
step-daughter

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Willis Presley King - Household

Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
King, Willis PheadRMW39MYesYesMOMOMOYesPlastererPlaster Board CoW
King, Mabel EwifeFW36MYesYesOHSwitzerlandFrenchOHYesNone
King, FredericksonMW11SYesYesYesMOMOOHvNone

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Frederick P King - Household

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
King, Fredrick PheadMW42MarKSWK40AccountRecreation and ParksG
King, MildredwifeFW49MarILH