The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Pearl CravenAge: 84 years19151999

Name
Dorothy Pearl Craven
Given names
Dorothy Pearl
Surname
Craven
Married name
Dorothy Pearl Walton
Birth March 24, 1915 24 25
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 months)

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 brotherBennett Neal Craven
November 27, 1917 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 months)

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 2 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 23, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterGeneva Fern Craven
July 5, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Census 1925 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 8, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Wesley Craven
August 12, 1931 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherEzra Troutman
September 23, 1931 (Age 16 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElla Frances Fuller
January 14, 1932 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a sisterVirginia Lee Craven
March 3, 1934 (Age 18 years)
Death of a brotherBennett Neal Craven
April 3, 1934 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Peggy Jo Walton
August 7, 1936 (Age 21 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Sheets
December 28, 1948 (Age 33 years)
Census April 11, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 motherMary Pearl Troutman
September 24, 1968 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherBennett Russell “Ben” Craven
November 11, 1968 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 brotherRussell Merlin Craven
June 6, 1982 (Age 67 years)
Death of a husbandMax Alonzo Walton
April 9, 1992 (Age 77 years)
Death May 2, 1999 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sumner Memorial Gardens
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father
mother
Marriage: March 27, 1912Kansas, United States
9 months
elder brother
2 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
Bennett Neal Craven
Birth: November 27, 1917 26 28Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: April 3, 1934Sumner, Kansas, United States
4 years
younger sister
13 years
younger sister
Virginia Lee Craven
Birth: March 3, 1934 43 44Geuda Springs, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: March 1, 2015Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States
Family with Max Alonzo Walton - View this family
husband
Max Alonzo Walton
Birth: November 17, 1915 25 25Kansas, United States
Death: April 9, 1992Kansas, United States
herself
daughter
Peggy Jo Walton
Birth: August 7, 1936 20 21Kansas, United States
Death: January 19, 2003Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private

Dorothy Pearl Craven has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven - Household

ED 175 Greene, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Craven, Bennett RheadRMW29MYesYesKSEnglishINEnglishINEnglishYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Craven, Mary PwifeFW30MYesYesKSEnglishINEnglishILEnglishYes
Craven, Russell MsonMW7SYesYesYesKSEnglishUnited StatesUnited States
Craven, Dorothy PdaughterFW4 years 8 monthsSKSUnited StatesUnited States
Craven, Bennett NsonMW2 years 1 monthSKSUnited StatesUnited States

Census1925 Kansas - Census transcript - Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven - Household

Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cravens, B RheadRMW33MNoYesYesKSFarmerFarming
Cravens, PearlwifeFW35MNoYesYesKSNone
Cravens, RussellsonMW12SYesYesYesKSNone
Cravens, DorothydaughterFW10SYesYesYesKSNone
Cravens, NealsonMW7SYesYesYesKSNone
Cravens, GeneviadaughterFW4SNoNoNoKSNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bennett Russell “Ben” Craven - Household

ED 39 Valverde, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Craven, Bennett RheadRYesMW39M21NoYesKSININYesFarmerGeneral FarmOYesNo
Craven, PearlwifeFW40M22NoYesKSINILYesNone
Craven, RussellsonMW17SNoYesKSKSKSYesFarm LaborerGeneral FarmNPYes
Craven, DorothydaughterFW15SYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Craven, NealsonMW11SYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Craven, GenevadaughterFW9SYesKSKSKSNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Max Alonzo Walton - Household

Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Walton, MaxheadR17NoMW25MNoKSBody and Fender ManAutomotive GaragePW51715No
Walton, DorothyxwifeFW25MNoKS00No
Walton, Peggy JodaughterFW3SNoKS