The Shemwell Family

Ethel Mae RossmannAge: 88 years19101998

Name
Ethel Mae Rossmann
Given names
Ethel Mae
Surname
Rossmann
Married name
Ethel Mae Thorn
Birth March 1, 1910
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 19 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
MarriageGeorge Stanford ThornView this family
1943 (Age 32 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 April 15, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 35 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 husbandGeorge Stanford Thorn
August 12, 1985 (Age 75 years)
Death October 21, 1998 (Age 88 years)
Family with George Stanford Thorn - View this family
husband
George Stanford Thorn
Birth: November 26, 1895 26 21Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 12, 1985San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
herself
Ethel Mae Rossmann
Birth: March 1, 1910San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: October 21, 1998San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Marriage: 1943
George Stanford Thorn + Amy Ora Everett - View this family
husband
George Stanford Thorn
Birth: November 26, 1895 26 21Walnut Ridge, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 12, 1985San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
husband’s wife
Amy Ora Everett
Birth: June 23, 1900San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: December 4, 1934San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 2, 1916Maverick, Runnels, Texas, United States
23 months
step-daughter
Amy Ruth Thorn
Birth: October 26, 1918 22 18San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: November 2, 1999San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Betty Jane Thorn
Birth: November 28, 1922 27 22San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States
Death: May 22, 2006San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - George Stanford Thorn - Household

2051 Mistletoe San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Thorn, George SheadMW54MarARStore ManagerRetail Office Supply Store
Thorn, Ethel MwifeFW40MarTX