The Shemwell Family

William Field RichardsAge: 35 years19001936

Name
William Field Richards
Given names
William Field
Surname
Richards
Birth August 4, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageViola Evelenia PelletierView this family
February 5, 1929 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Census April 14, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Death May 1, 1936 (Age 35 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodmere Cemetery
Family with Viola Evelenia Pelletier - View this family
himself
William Field Richards
Birth: August 4, 1900Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: May 1, 1936Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
wife
Viola Evelenia Pelletier
Adoption: between 1907 and 1910Michigan, United States
Birth: December 23, 1903Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: April 23, 1998Broward, Florida, United States
Marriage: February 5, 1929Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Russell William Troutman + Viola Evelenia Pelletier - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Viola Evelenia Pelletier
Adoption: between 1907 and 1910Michigan, United States
Birth: December 23, 1903Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: April 23, 1998Broward, Florida, United States
step-son
Private
Charles Phillip Smith + Viola Evelenia Pelletier - View this family
wife’s husband
Charles Phillip Smith
Birth: August 30, 1906Michigan, United States
Death: August 11, 1993Broward, Florida, United States
wife
Viola Evelenia Pelletier
Adoption: between 1907 and 1910Michigan, United States
Birth: December 23, 1903Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: April 23, 1998Broward, Florida, United States
Marriage: April 25, 1972Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haïti

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Field Richards - Household

Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Richards, William FheadR50RNoMW30M29NoYesMIMIMIYesAst MgrMirror WorksWYesNo
Richards, ViolawifeFW26M26NoYesMIMIMIYesNone