The Shemwell Family

Ruth Florence SmithAge: 75 years19121987

Name
Ruth Florence Smith
Given names
Ruth Florence
Surname
Smith
Birth April 14, 1912 40 34
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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherJosiah S Smith
January 6, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Census January 6, 1920 (Age 7 years)
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
Death of a motherMae Isovean Hartman
October 13, 1939 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Wesley Smith
May 14, 1942 (Age 30 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
Death of a sisterEdith May “Mamie” Smith
October 12, 1947 (Age 35 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
Death of a brotherWilliam Earl Smith
April 22, 1966 (Age 54 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Lee Smith
July 11, 1966 (Age 54 years)
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 sisterBessie Viola Smith
August 12, 1983 (Age 71 years)
Death July 18, 1987 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forest Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: October 22, 1893Barton, Missouri, United States
-4 months
elder brother
William Earl Smith
Birth: June 14, 1893 21 15Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: April 22, 1966Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas, United States
6 years
elder sister
Edith May “Mamie” Smith
Birth: November 1, 1899 27 21Cornell, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: October 12, 1947Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas, United States
18 months
elder sister
Bessie Viola Smith
Birth: April 29, 1901 29 23Washington, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: August 12, 1983Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas, United States
5 years
elder brother
Walter Lee Smith
Birth: February 2, 1906 34 28Kansas, United States
Death: July 11, 1966Mulberry, Crawford, Kansas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Pauline Smith
Birth: November 17, 1908 36 31Midway, Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: November 11, 1998Costa Mesa, Orange, California, United States
3 years
herself
Ruth Florence Smith
Birth: April 14, 1912 40 34Crawford, Kansas, United States
Death: July 18, 1987Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Wesley Smith - Household

ED 116 Washington, Crawford, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, WesleyheadOMMW48MYesYesILILILYesShot FirerCola MineW
Smith, MaywifeFW42MYesYesWVWVWVYesNone
Smith, WaltersonMW14SYesYesYesKSILWVYesNone
Smith, PaulinedaughterFW11SYesYesYesKSILWVYesNone
Smith, RuthdaughterFW7SYesKSILWVYesNone
Smith, JosiahfatherMW80MYesYesILARARYesNone