The Shemwell Family

Morris ReepsAge: 64 years18981962

Name
Morris Reeps
Given names
Morris
Surname
Reeps
Birth March 12, 1898
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 days)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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/
MarriageSally SchnairView this family
June 12, 1927 (Age 29 years)
Note: Marriage Record found in "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1969"
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 51 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 47 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 March 28, 1962 (Age 64 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery
Family with Sally Schnair - View this family
himself
Morris Reeps
Birth: March 12, 1898Russia
Death: March 28, 1962Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Sally Schnair
Birth: July 6, 1907 32 30New York, United States
Death: May 8, 1993Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: June 12, 1927Quebec, Canada
Samuel Jacob Rosenzweig + Sally Schnair - View this family
wife’s husband
Samuel Jacob Rosenzweig
Birth: December 12, 1897Turkey
Death: October 11, 1964Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Sally Schnair
Birth: July 6, 1907 32 30New York, United States
Death: May 8, 1993Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: between 1951 and 1954

No family available

Marriage
Marriage Record found in "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1969"