The Shemwell Family

Raymond Earl HenkelAge: 59 years19171976

Name
Raymond Earl Henkel
Given names
Raymond Earl
Surname
Henkel
Birth January 29, 1917
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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 11 months)

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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
Marilyn Orella Henkel
April 22, 1934 (Age 17 years)
MarriageCecile Era KentfieldView this family
March 22, 1942 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 24 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 32 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 28 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 March 13, 1976 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pontiac Lutheran Trinity Cemetery
Family with Cecile Era Kentfield - View this family
himself
Raymond Earl Henkel
Birth: January 29, 1917Enderlin, Cass, North Dakota, United States
Death: March 13, 1976Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
wife
Marriage: March 22, 1942Clay, Minnesota, United States
-8 years
daughter
Marilyn Orella Henkel
Birth: April 22, 1934Erie, Cass, North Dakota, United States
Death: January 22, 2006Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States
Lynn Joy Jones + Cecile Era Kentfield - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: March 15, 1934Clay, Minnesota, United States
Divorce: about 1937Cass, North Dakota, United States
1 month
daughter
Marilyn Orella Henkel
Birth: April 22, 1934Erie, Cass, North Dakota, United States
Death: January 22, 2006Missoula, Missoula, Montana, United States

No family available