The Shemwell Family

Max Alonzo WaltonAge: 76 years19151992

Name
Max Alonzo Walton
Given names
Max Alonzo
Surname
Walton
Birth November 17, 1915 25 25
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 45 days)

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 13 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 19, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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
Peggy Jo Walton
August 7, 1936 (Age 20 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 24 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
Census April 11, 1950 (Age 34 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 fatherFrederick Jasper Walton
December 16, 1970 (Age 55 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 motherPearl Josephine Miller
October 7, 1980 (Age 64 years)
Death April 9, 1992 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sumner Memorial Gardens
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father
Frederick Jasper Walton
Birth: April 15, 1890Conway Springs, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: December 16, 1970Fontana, San Bernardino, California, United States
mother
Pearl Josephine Miller
Birth: July 19, 1890Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Death: October 7, 1980Fontana, San Bernardino, California, United States
Marriage: February 17, 1909Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States
7 years
himself
Max Alonzo Walton
Birth: November 17, 1915 25 25Kansas, United States
Death: April 9, 1992Kansas, United States
Family with Dorothy Pearl Craven - View this family
himself
Max Alonzo Walton
Birth: November 17, 1915 25 25Kansas, United States
Death: April 9, 1992Kansas, United States
wife
daughter
Peggy Jo Walton
Birth: August 7, 1936 20 21Kansas, United States
Death: January 19, 2003Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Frederick Jasper Walton - Household

Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Walton, Fred JheadOMMW28MYesYesKSIAMOYesPlumberPlumbingW
Walton, Pearl JwifeFW28MYesYesKSKYKYYesNone
Walton, Velma FdaughterFW9SYesYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Walton, Marvin LsonMW7SYesYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Walton, Max AsonMW4 years 2 monthsSKSKSKSNone

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