The Shemwell Family

Earl May RansfordAge: 47 years18831931

Name
Earl May Ransford
Given names
Earl May
Surname
Ransford
Birth December 20, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 14 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 32 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 33 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 34 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/
MarriageRuth Opal HollandView this family
August 11, 1919 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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
Death July 17, 1931 (Age 47 years)
Family with Ruth Opal Holland - View this family
himself
Earl May Ransford
Birth: December 20, 1883Shelby, Illinois, United States
Death: July 17, 1931Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States
wife
Ruth Opal Holland
Birth: May 23, 1900 49 37Alma, Marion, Illinois, United States
Death: October 6, 1989Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: August 11, 1919

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