The Shemwell Family

Robert Solmon BrandtAge: 72 years19011974

Name
Robert Solmon Brandt
Given names
Robert Solmon
Surname
Brandt
Birth October 18, 1901 32 22
Birth of a brotherGustaf Leonard Brandt
December 10, 1907 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a motherLizzie Julia Salmon
March 6, 1918 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 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 16 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 27 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 fatherGustaf Malcus Brandt
August 23, 1931 (Age 29 years)
MarriageFrances Arlene BransonView this family
December 19, 1935 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 wifeFrances Arlene Branson
November 24, 1969 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 May 7, 1974 (Age 72 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 31, 1899Spokane, Washington, United States
22 months
himself
Robert Solmon Brandt
Birth: October 18, 1901 32 22Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
Death: May 7, 1974Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
6 years
younger brother
Gustaf Leonard Brandt
Birth: December 10, 1907 38 28Hayden Lake, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Death: January 1987Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Family with Frances Arlene Branson - View this family
himself
Robert Solmon Brandt
Birth: October 18, 1901 32 22Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
Death: May 7, 1974Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
wife
Frances Arlene Branson
Birth: February 14, 1911 25 22Mica Bay, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Death: November 24, 1969Riverside, California, United States
Marriage: December 19, 1935Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
Gustaf Leonard Brandt + Frances Arlene Branson - View this family
younger brother
Gustaf Leonard Brandt
Birth: December 10, 1907 38 28Hayden Lake, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Death: January 1987Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
wife
Frances Arlene Branson
Birth: February 14, 1911 25 22Mica Bay, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Death: November 24, 1969Riverside, California, United States
Marriage: May 10, 1929Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Tom Mortensen + Frances Arlene Branson - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Frances Arlene Branson
Birth: February 14, 1911 25 22Mica Bay, Kootenai, Idaho, United States
Death: November 24, 1969Riverside, California, United States
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