The Shemwell Family

Sophie M HollandAge: 87 years19152003

Name
Sophie M Holland
Given names
Sophie M
Surname
Holland
Married name
Sophie M Crown
Birth August 5, 1915 39 29
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 sisterStella Blanche Holland
February 22, 1917 (Age 18 months)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 6, 1920 (Age 4 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 May 2, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLydia Margurette Garner
August 13, 1931 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterEva Susanna Holland
September 16, 1935 (Age 20 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Samuel Holland
December 6, 1936 (Age 21 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
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 fatherTimothy Floyd Holland
December 16, 1967 (Age 52 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 motherAlmary Acenetha “Cena” Speer
March 29, 1978 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherAvery Boyd Cleo Holland
February 4, 1979 (Age 63 years)
Death of a husbandOrman E Crown
June 14, 1981 (Age 65 years)
Death of a sisterFreddy Gladys Holland
May 9, 1985 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterHattie May Holland
April 17, 1995 (Age 79 years)
Death January 22, 2003 (Age 87 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: February 8, 1902Greenfield, Dade, Missouri, United States
15 months
elder sister
21 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Eva Susanna Holland
Birth: November 16, 1907 32 22Red Oak, Lawrence, Missouri, United States
Death: September 16, 1935Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
elder brother
Avery Boyd Cleo Holland
Birth: May 15, 1910 34 24Miller, Missouri, United States
Death: February 4, 1979Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
5 years
herself
Sophie M Holland
Birth: August 5, 1915 39 29Missouri, United States
Death: January 22, 2003Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
19 months
younger sister
Stella Blanche Holland
Birth: February 22, 1917 41 31Missouri, United States
Death: May 27, 2009California, United States
Family with Orman E Crown - View this family
husband
Orman E Crown
Birth: September 27, 1901Texas, United States
Death: June 14, 1981Orange, California, United States
herself
Sophie M Holland
Birth: August 5, 1915 39 29Missouri, United States
Death: January 22, 2003Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
daughter
Private

Sophie M Holland has 5 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Timothy Floyd Holland - Household

Ozark, Lawrence, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Holland, Timothy FheadMW44MILILGALaborerFarm General
Holland, CenawifeFW35MMOMOMO
Holland, Hattie MdaughterFW16SMOILMO
Holland, Freddy GdaughterFW14SMOILMO
Holland, Eva SdaughterFW12SMOILMO
Holland, Boyd CsonMW9SMOILMO
Holland, Sophie MdaughterFW5SMOILMO
Holland, Stella BdaughterFW2-10mSMOILMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Timothy Floyd Holland - Household

732 Jackson Street Downey, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Holland, FloydheadMW54M26MOILINLaborerCreamery
Holland, CeliawifeFW43M17MOMOMO
Holland, BoydsonMW19SMOMOMOLaborerCreamery
Holland, SophiedaughterFW15SMOMOMO
Holland, BlanchedaughterFW13SMOMOMO
Holland, OlinnephewMW22SOKMOMOMilkerDairy