The Shemwell Family

Delbert Alvis DossAge: 36 years19131949

Name
Delbert Alvis Doss
Given names
Delbert Alvis
Surname
Doss
Birth July 28, 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
Birth of a son
#1
Loid Mac Doss
June 26, 1933 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clarence William “Tudor” Doss
October 3, 1935 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Betty Sue Doss
November 13, 1938 (Age 25 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 26 years)
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
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 October 30, 1949 (Age 36 years)
Family with Laura Mildred Walls - View this family
himself
Delbert Alvis Doss
Birth: July 28, 1913Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 30, 1949La Grange, Oldham, Kentucky, United States
wife
son
Loid Mac Doss
Birth: June 26, 1933 19 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 31, 1996Berwyn, Cook, Illinois, United States
2 years
son
Clarence William “Tudor” Doss
Birth: October 3, 1935 22 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 29, 1994Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Betty Sue Doss
Birth: November 13, 1938 25 24Kentucky, United States
Death: February 22, 2003Bolingbrook, Will, Illinois, United States
daughter
Private
James Houston Vincent + Laura Mildred Walls - View this family
wife’s husband
James Houston Vincent
Birth: August 31, 1926Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 14, 2008Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Marriage: November 8, 1952Robertson, Tennessee, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Delbert Alvis Doss - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Doss, Delbert AlvisXheadMW26MKYSame HouseMinerKirk Coal Co.
Doss, Laura MildredwifeFW26MKYSame House
Doss, Loid MackesonMW6SKYSame House
Doss, Clarence WmsonMW4SKY
Doss, Betty SuedaughterFW1SKY