Alva May ArantAge: 55 years1908–1964
- Name
- Alva May Arant
- Given names
- Alva May
- Surname
- Arant
- Married name
- Alva May Thompson
 Birth | August 29, 1908 29 23 |
 Death of a mother | Etta Adaline Shemwell March 19, 1910 (Age 18 months) Cause: Consumption |
 Census | April 28, 1910 (Age 19 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 1, 1920 (Age 11 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Martha Angeline Lyles December 2, 1923 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 21 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 1, 1930 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | John Ervin Arant May 7, 1936 (Age 27 years) Note: find-a-grave says, Death: 1936 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 41 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 37 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 | May 8, 1964 (Age 55 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Ervin Arant Birth: October 24, 1878 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: May 7, 1936 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Etta Adaline Shemwell Birth: March 3, 1885 38 30 — Marshall, Kentucky, United States Death: March 19, 1910 — Benton, Marshall, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 20, 1907 — Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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19 months herself |
Alva May Arant Birth: August 29, 1908 29 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1964 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
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Alva May Arant Birth: August 29, 1908 29 23 — Kentucky, United States Death: May 8, 1964 — Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States |
Alva May Arant has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (7)
Parents Oscar Turner Shemwell + Ruth Baines Hobgood
Parents Jack Owen Shemwell + Fannie Bell
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Martha Angeline Lyles - Household
Marshall, Ky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Martha Angeline Lyles - Household
Oak Level, Marshall, Ky.
Notes: Living next door to William, Rex & Greene Shemwell - Alva May is the Daughter Etta Adaline(deceased) & John Arant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Almon Ray Hix Shemwell - Household
Civil District 4 Oak Level, Marshall Ky.
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