The Shemwell Family

Delma Irene MillardAge: 70 years19091980

Name
Delma Irene Millard
Given names
Delma Irene
Surname
Millard
Married name
Delma Irene Sams
Birth November 2, 1909
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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/
MarriageErnest Eddleman SamsView this family
June 1, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 11, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 husbandErnest Eddleman Sams
December 27, 1967 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 January 24, 1980 (Age 70 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Perris Valley Cemetery
Family with Ernest Eddleman Sams - View this family
husband
Ernest Eddleman Sams
Birth: October 24, 1898 37 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 27, 1967Riverside, California, United States
herself
Delma Irene Millard
Birth: November 2, 1909Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 24, 1980Riverside, California, United States
Marriage: June 1, 1929Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Ernest Eddleman Sams + Billie Tucker - View this family
husband
Ernest Eddleman Sams
Birth: October 24, 1898 37 25Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 27, 1967Riverside, California, United States
husband’s wife
Marriage: May 10, 1925Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Eddleman Sams - Household

Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Sams, Ernest EheadMW51MarOKWK48Technical EngineerBroadcasting StationP
Sams, Delma IwifeFW40MarOKWK24Sales RecordingsRetail Record ShopP
Sams, MyrtamotherFW76MarTXH