The Shemwell Family

Leslie Halford StarkAge: 75 years18851961

Name
Leslie Halford Stark
Given names
Leslie Halford
Surname
Stark
Birth May 11, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 44 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
MarriageEdna TowneView this family
before 1940 (Age 54 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 5, 1950 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 April 9, 1961 (Age 75 years)
Family with Edna Towne - View this family
himself
Leslie Halford Stark
Birth: May 11, 1885Champaign, Illinois, United States
Death: April 9, 1961Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage: before 1940Los Angeles, California, United States
Ira Earl Snyder + Edna Towne - View this family
wife’s husband
Ira Earl Snyder
Birth: January 5, 1888 37 27Illinois, United States
Death: July 22, 1927Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage: May 25, 1910Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States
17 months
step-daughter
Mildred Lucille Snyder
Birth: November 5, 1911 23 22Canada
Death: December 9, 1996Ventura, California, United States
3 years
step-son
Dale Earl Snyder
Birth: April 6, 1915 27 25Canada
Death: November 25, 1994Ventura, California, United States
3 years
step-son
Dearborn Towne “Derb” Snyder
Birth: March 13, 1918 30 28Canada
Death: November 4, 1964Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States

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