The Shemwell Family

Name
Evelyn Mae Pound
Given names
Evelyn Mae
Surname
Pound
Married name
Evelyn Mae Snyder
Also known as
Evelyn May Pound
Married name
Evelyn Mae Allen
Birth May 26, 1919 23 22
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 7 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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
Earlene Lee Snyder
January 10, 1945 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 12, 1950 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 30 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 fatherThomas F Pound
December 20, 1959 (Age 40 years)
Death of a husbandDearborn Towne “Derb” Snyder
November 4, 1964 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 motherNora Elsie Olson
May 19, 1983 (Age 63 years)
Death August 4, 2004 (Age 85 years)
Cremation August 2004 (Age 85 years)
Note: Ashes scattered at sea
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