The Shemwell Family

Irene Ergel MeffordAge: 78 years19181997

Name
Irene Ergel Mefford
Given names
Irene Ergel
Surname
Mefford
Birth December 1, 1918 34 29
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

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 20, 1920 (Age 13 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Franklin Pruitt
April 30, 1924 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 4, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNeoma Angeline “Oma” Beckham
April 22, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 31 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 fatherWallace S Mefford
December 8, 1959 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherMaudie Pruitt
March 19, 1971 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 sisterPansy Lee Mefford
November 1985 (Age 66 years)
Death January 4, 1997 (Age 78 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Cemetery
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father
Wallace S Mefford
Birth: July 20, 1884 31 36Missouri, United States
Death: December 8, 1959Boone, Arkansas, United States
mother
Maudie Pruitt
Birth: July 3, 1889 36 31Arkansas, United States
Death: March 19, 1971Boone, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: November 13, 1907Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
7 years
elder sister
Pansy Lee Mefford
Birth: December 19, 1914 30 25Arkansas, United States
Death: November 1985Boone, Arkansas, United States
4 years
herself
Irene Ergel Mefford
Birth: December 1, 1918 34 29Harrison, Boone, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 4, 1997Boone, Arkansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Wallace S Mefford - Household

ED 48 Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Mefferd, Wallace SheadOFMW35MYesYesMOILYesFarmerFarm
Mefferd, MaudiewifeFW28MYesYesARARARYesNone
Mefferd, PansydaughterFW5SYesYesARMOARNone
Mefferd, IrenedaughterFW1 year 1 monthSYesYesARMOARNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Maudie Pruitt - Household

ED 20 Lee, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Mefford, Wallace SheadO1000YesMW45M23NoYesMOU.S.U.SYesFarmerFarmingOYes
Mefford, Maude EwifeFW40M18NoYesARARARYesNone
Mefford, Pansy LdaughterFW15SYesYesARMOARYesNone
Mefford, EtheldaughterFW11SYesYesARMOARYesNone
Pruett, Oma Emother-in-lawFW71Wd18NoYNoARU.S.GAYesNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Wallace S Mefford - Household

Lee, Boone, Arkansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Mefford, Wallace SheadO200YesMW55MNoARFarmerFarmOA520
Mefford, MaudiexwifeFW50MNoAR00
Mefford, Irene EdaughterFW21SNoAR00