The Shemwell Family

Mildred Lucille SnyderAge: 85 years19111996

Name
Mildred Lucille Snyder
Given names
Mildred Lucille
Surname
Snyder
Birth November 5, 1911 23 22
Birth of a brotherDale Earl Snyder
April 6, 1915 (Age 3 years)
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
Birth of a brotherDearborn Towne “Derb” Snyder
March 13, 1918 (Age 6 years)
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 1921 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherIra Earl Snyder
July 22, 1927 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElla Troutman
February 19, 1929 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
Census April 3, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Henry Snyder
June 3, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Marriage of a parentLeslie Halford StarkEdna TowneView this family
before 1940 (Age 28 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 28 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherElmer D Towne
December 2, 1947 (Age 36 years)
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherFlora Jane Hale
March 21, 1951 (Age 39 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 brotherDearborn Towne “Derb” Snyder
November 4, 1964 (Age 52 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 of a motherEdna Towne
August 17, 1979 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherDale Earl Snyder
November 25, 1994 (Age 83 years)
Death December 9, 1996 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
Ira Earl Snyder
Birth: January 5, 1888 37 27Illinois, United States
Death: July 22, 1927Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Marriage: May 25, 1910Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States
17 months
herself
Mildred Lucille Snyder
Birth: November 5, 1911 23 22Canada
Death: December 9, 1996Ventura, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
Dale Earl Snyder
Birth: April 6, 1915 27 25Canada
Death: November 25, 1994Ventura, California, United States
3 years
younger brother
Dearborn Towne “Derb” Snyder
Birth: March 13, 1918 30 28Canada
Death: November 4, 1964Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Mother’s family with Leslie Halford Stark - View this family
step-father
Leslie Halford Stark
Birth: May 11, 1885Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: April 9, 1961Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Marriage: before 1940Los Angeles, California, United States

Mildred Lucille Snyder has 4 first cousins recorded

CensusCanada - Census transcript - Ira Earl Snyder - Household

Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Snyder, Ira EheadMW33MUSAFarmer
Towne, EdnawifeFW36MUSASchool Teacher
Snyder, LuciledaughterFW9SCanada
Snyder, DalesonMW6SCanada
Snyder, DearbornsonMW3SCanada

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Edna Towne - Household

ED 838 Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Snyder, Edna TheadR30FW41Wd22NoYesILMAIAYesForeladyCandy FactoryWYes
Snyder, M LucilledaughterFW18SNoYesCanadaILILEnglishYesStenographerBankWYes
Snyder, Dale EsonMW14S20YesYesCanadaILILEnglishYesSalesmanGroceriesWYes
Snyder, Dearborn TsonMW12S22YesYesCanadaILILEnglishYes

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Halford Startk - Household

Los Angeles, California, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Startk, Leslie HheadO5500NoMW54MNoILWeighing Machine OperatorOwn BusinessOA500Yes
Stark, Edna TwifeFW53MNoIL00No
Stark, Robert LsonMW23SNoCAOperatorElectric Machine FactoryOA520Yes
Snyder, Mildred Lstep-daughterFW28SNoCanadaSecretaryCommercial BankPW521800No
Snyder, Dearbornstep-sonMW22SNoCanadaPainting and DecoratingBuilding ConstructionOA520Yes

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Leslie Halford Stark - Household

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Stark, Leslie HheadMW64MarILOT40Bank TellerPrivate BankPW
Stark, Edna TwifeFW60MarILH
Snyder, Mildred L(step) daughterFW38NevCanadaYesW