The Shemwell Family

Lois Amanda McClellanAge: 62 years18971959

Name
Lois Amanda McClellan
Given names
Lois Amanda
Surname
McClellan
Married name
Lois Amanda Thurman
Birth July 25, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 months)
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 18 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 19 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
MarriageGordon H ThurmanView this family
about 1918 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 20 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Geneva Helen Thurman
March 14, 1919 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Neville Deward Thurman
May 12, 1921 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 28, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Death of a daughterGeneva Helen Thurman
March 13, 1936 (Age 38 years)
Census May 1, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 husbandGordon H Thurman
1945 (Age 47 years)
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 48 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 October 10, 1959 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elida Cemetery
Family with Gordon H Thurman - View this family
husband
herself
Lois Amanda McClellan
Birth: July 25, 1897Wright, Missouri, United States
Death: October 10, 1959Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Marriage: about 1918
14 months
daughter
Geneva Helen Thurman
Birth: March 14, 1919 22 21Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: March 13, 1936Deming, Luna, New Mexico, United States
2 years
son
Neville Deward Thurman
Birth: May 12, 1921 25 23Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States
Death: July 1976New Mexico, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Gordon H Thurman - Household

Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Thurman, GordonheadMW34M22TNTNTNOperatorGeneral Farm
Thurman, AmandawifeFW32M20MOMOMO
Thurman, Geneva HdaughterFW11SNMTNMO
Thurman, Neville DsonMW8SNMTNMO