The Shemwell Family

Kenneth Thompson MooreAge: 86 years19121999

Name
Kenneth Thompson Moore
Given names
Kenneth Thompson
Surname
Moore
Birth May 26, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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
MarriageEvelyn Lorene MorrisonView this family
about 1939 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Brian D Moore
1940 (Age 27 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joel Evan Moore
January 4, 1942 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Census May 5, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 33 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 wifeEvelyn Lorene Morrison
December 29, 1981 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sonBrian D Moore
1984 (Age 71 years)

Death of a sonJoel Evan Moore
September 6, 1992 (Age 80 years)
Death 1999 (Age 86 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Roselawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with Evelyn Lorene Morrison - View this family
himself
wife
Evelyn Lorene Morrison
Birth: January 18, 1914 22 22Roxbury, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: December 29, 1981Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1939
2 years
son
2 years
son
Joel Evan Moore
Birth: January 4, 1942 29 27McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: September 6, 1992Royal, Garland, Arkansas, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lloyd William Morrison - Household

Logan, Marion, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Morrison, W LloydheadMW48MNESame houseProprietorGrain Dealer
Morrison, R AltawifeFW48MKSSame house
Morrison, Mildred M (AB)daughterFW20SKSSame house
Morrison, Kenneth L (AB)sonMW19SKSSame houseSalesman & BuyerGrain Dealer
Moore, Kenneth Tson in lawMW27MKSDwight??KSBook keeperGrain Dealer
Moore, E LorenedaughterFW26MKSSame houseBook keeperGrain Dealer

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Kenneth Thompson Moore - Household

Logan, Marion, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Moore, KennethheadMW37MarKSFarmerFarm
Moore, LorenewifeFW36MarKS
Moore, Brian DsonMW9NevKS
Moore, EvansonMW8NevKS