The Shemwell Family

Mildred Frances SwegleAge: 97 years19052002

Name
Mildred Frances Swegle
Given names
Mildred Frances
Surname
Swegle
Married name
Mildred Frances Livingston
Birth 1905 38 39
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 2, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Frances Herndon
May 15, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 11, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherAbraham Douglas Swegle
February 15, 1937 (Age 32 years)
Cause: Uremia
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 4, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Death of a motherEffie May Higgerson
November 10, 1951 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 husbandCecil Earl Livingston
April 3, 1957 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 2002 (Age 97 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Effie May Higgerson
Birth: December 18, 1865 30 26Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 10, 1951Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 19, 1893Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States
10 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
5 years
elder sister
5 years
herself
Family with Cecil Earl Livingston - View this family
husband
Cecil Earl Livingston
Birth: 1894Kansas, United States
Death: April 3, 1957Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States
herself
son
Private
son
Private

Mildred Frances Swegle has 16 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Douglas Swegle - Household

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Swegle, Abraham DheadMW37M16ILPANJoperatortelegraph
Swegle, Effie MwifeFW38M1644MOVAMO
Swegle, Elmer LsonMW15SMOILMO
Swegle, Earl DsonMW13SMOILMO
Swegle, Mary MdaughterFW9SMOILMO
Swegle, Mildred FdaughterFW5SMOILMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Abraham Douglas Swegle - Household

Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Swegle, Abraham DheadMW53MILPANJoperatortelegraph
Swegle, Effie MwifeFW54MMOVAMO
Swegle, Earl DsonMW22SMOILMOfiremanrailroad
Swegle, Mary MdaughterFW19SMOILMO
Swegle, Frances MdaughterFW16SMOILMO

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Mildred Frances Swegle - Household

Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Livingston, Cecil EheadMW56MMOmanager & salesmanretail paint & paper
Livingston, France MwifeFW45MMO
Swegle, Effiemother in lawFW85WdMO