The Shemwell Family

Loyd Llewellyn BurchAge: 80 years19041984

Name
Loyd Llewellyn Burch
Given names
Loyd Llewellyn
Surname
Burch
Birth January 28, 1904 38 33
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Anna Lear
September 27, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Leona Burch
July 17, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 10, 1920 (Age 15 years)
MarriagePauline E FergusonView this family
about 1926 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Lloyd Dewayne Burch
February 6, 1926 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Marjie La Rose Burch
January 15, 1928 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 21, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Death of a fatherAugustus Turner Burch
December 31, 1937 (Age 33 years)
Census May 9, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Death of a brotherElmer Augustus Burch
December 19, 1944 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherAlvin Sylvester “Dewey” Burch
August 28, 1945 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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
MarriageBeatrice J NordstrumView this family
about 1946 (Age 41 years)

Birth of a son
#3
Ronald Dean Burch
March 17, 1947 (Age 43 years)
Census April 18, 1950 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 motherHarriet Lear “Hattie” Power
October 27, 1959 (Age 55 years)
Death of a sisterRena Aita Burch
August 17, 1960 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Robert Burch
January 11, 1972 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 sisterMary Olive Burch
October 30, 1977 (Age 73 years)
Death September 1, 1984 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crestwood Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 1, 1889Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
15 months
elder brother
Elmer Augustus Burch
Birth: December 18, 1892 27 22Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 19, 1944Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Robert Burch
Birth: July 13, 1895 30 25McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: January 11, 1972Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Elva Elizabeth Burch
Birth: March 19, 1901 35 31Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: November 29, 1989Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States
elder sister
Mary Olive Burch
Birth: March 19, 1901 35 31Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: October 30, 1977Lindsborg, McPherson, Kansas, United States
3 years
himself
6 years
younger sister
Martha Leona Burch
Birth: July 17, 1909 44 39McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: August 1994Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States
Family with Pauline E Ferguson - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1926
1 month
son
Lloyd Dewayne Burch
Birth: February 6, 1926 22 19Gypsum, Saline, Kansas, United States
Death: May 25, 1993
23 months
daughter
Marjie La Rose Burch
Birth: January 15, 1928 23 21Kansas, United States
Death: June 13, 2010Galt, Sacramento, California, United States
Family with Beatrice J Nordstrum - View this family
himself
wife
Beatrice J Nordstrum
Birth: May 11, 1913Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin, United States
Death: April 15, 1991McPherson, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1946
14 months
son
Ronald Dean Burch
Birth: March 17, 1947 43 33Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States
Death: August 4, 2012McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Augustus Turner Burch - Household

Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Burch, Augustus TheadMW44M120KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Burch, Hattie LwifeFW38M12088ILILPA
Burch, Alta RdaughterFW18SKSKYIL
Burch, Elmer AsonMW17SKSKYIL
Burch, John RsonMW14SKSKYIL
Burch, Alvin LsonMW11SKSKYIL
Burch, Elva EdaughterFW9SKSKYIL
Burch, Olive MdaughterFW9SKSKYIL
Burch, Loyd LsonMW6SKSKYIL
Burch, Martha LdaughterFW9mSKSKYIL

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Augustus Turner Burch - Household

Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Burch, A TheadMW54MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Burch, HattiewifeFW48MILMOPA
Burch, ElmersonMW26SKSKYILFarm LaborerWorks Out
Burch, AlvinsonMW22MKSKYILFarm LaborerWorks Out
Burch, Estelladaughter in lawFW17MOKKSKS
Burch, LoydsonMW15SKSKYIL
Burch, LeonadaughterFW10SKSKYIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Loyd Llewellyn Burch - Household

Gypsum Creek, McPherson, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Burch, Loyd LheadMW26M23KSKYILLaborerBlacksmith Shop
Burch, Pauline EwifeFW23M19KSIAKS
Burch, Dewayne LsonMW3-9mSKSKSKS
Burch, La Rose MdaughterFW2-8mSKSKSKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Loyd Llewellyn Burch - Household

919 S. Main Street McPherson, McPherson, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Burch, LoydXheadMW36MKSRMcPhersonKSPipe FitterPetroelum
Burch, PaulinewifeFW33MKSRMcPhersonKSWaitressRestaurant
Burch, WaynesonMW13SKSRMcPhersonKS
Burch, Marjie La RosedaughterFW12SKSRMcPhersonKS

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Loyd Llewellyn Burch - Household

222 South Chestnut McPherson, McPherson, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Burch, Loyd LheadMW46MarKSCar MechanicGarage
Burch, Beatrice JwifeFW35MarWI
Burch, Ronald DeansonMW3NevKS