The Shemwell Family

Beatrice J NordstrumAge: 77 years19131991

Name
Beatrice J Nordstrum
Given names
Beatrice J
Surname
Nordstrum
Married name
Beatrice J Burch
Birth May 11, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 28 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
MarriageLoyd Llewellyn BurchView this family
about 1946 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Ronald Dean Burch
March 17, 1947 (Age 33 years)
Census April 18, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 32 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 husbandLoyd Llewellyn Burch
September 1, 1984 (Age 71 years)
Death April 15, 1991 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crestwood Memorial Park
Family with Loyd Llewellyn Burch - View this family
husband
herself
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
Loyd Llewellyn Burch + Pauline E Ferguson - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1926
1 month
step-son
Lloyd Dewayne Burch
Birth: February 6, 1926 22 19Gypsum, Saline, Kansas, United States
Death: May 25, 1993
23 months
step-daughter
Marjie La Rose Burch
Birth: January 15, 1928 23 21Kansas, United States
Death: June 13, 2010Galt, Sacramento, California, United States

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