The Shemwell Family

Ralph J ScheurerAge: 32 years19161949

Name
Ralph J Scheurer
Given names
Ralph J
Surname
Scheurer
Birth August 16, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 4 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 16 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 13 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
Bonnie Aurelia Scheurer
January 14, 1938 (Age 21 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 June 25, 1949 (Age 32 years)
Family with Norma Mary Ruth Fooshee - View this family
himself
Ralph J Scheurer
Birth: August 16, 1916Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States
Death: June 25, 1949Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
wife
Norma Mary Ruth Fooshee
Birth: September 18, 1918 29 25Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Death: April 11, 2012Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
daughter
Bonnie Aurelia Scheurer
Birth: January 14, 1938 21 19Idaho, United States
Death: June 27, 1987Multnomah, Oregon, United States
son
Private
son
Private

No family available

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ralph J Scheurer - Household

East Burnside Portland, Multnomah, Oregon

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Scheurer, Ralph JXheadMW23MIDTwin FallsTwin FallsIDDry Salad Maker?Wholesale Cannery
Scheurer, Norma M RwifeFW21MIDBuhlTwin FallsIDBeauty OperatorPrivate Schoon
Scheurer, Aurelia (ab)daughterFW2SIDTwin FallsTwin FallsID

Aurelia is on line 29 -b