The Shemwell Family

Bernice Utha LoganAge: 95 years19001995

Name
Bernice Utha Logan
Given names
Bernice Utha
Surname
Logan
Married name
Bernice Utha Gifford
Birth April 29, 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
MarriageHoward A GiffordView this family
about 1917 (Age 16 years)
Note: Marriage info based on 1930 Census
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/
Birth of a son
#1
Merle E Gifford
October 14, 1920 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Evelyn Darlene Gifford
December 31, 1922 (Age 22 years)
Census 1925 (Age 24 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 18, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 49 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 husbandHoward A Gifford
February 4, 1967 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 September 9, 1995 (Age 95 years)
Obituary
Evelyn Darlene Gifford Troutman Obituary
April 17, 2002 (6 years after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Belle Plaine Cemetery
Family with Howard A Gifford - View this family
husband
Howard A Gifford
Birth: June 23, 1898Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 4, 1967Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
herself
Bernice Utha Logan
Birth: April 29, 1900Marshfield, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: September 9, 1995Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1917Sumner, Kansas, United States
4 years
son
Merle E Gifford
Birth: October 14, 1920 22 20Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: June 11, 2013Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
2 years
daughter
Evelyn Darlene Gifford
Birth: December 31, 1922 24 22Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: April 16, 2002Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on 1930 Census
CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Howard A Gifford - Household

Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Gifford, HowardheadMW26MOKFarmer
Logan, BernicewifeFW24MMONone
Gifford, MerlesonMW4SKS
Gifford, EvelyndaughterFW2MKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Howard A Gifford - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gifford, HowardheadR12NoMW32M19NoYesOKMIILYesMechanicWholesale BakeryWYesNo
Gifford, Bernice UwifeFW29M17NoYesMOMOMOYesNone
Gifford, MerlesonMW9SYesKSOKMONone
Gifford, EvelyndaughterFW6SYesKSOKMONone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Howard A Gifford - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gifford, HowardheadR15MW42MOKMechanicBaking CompanyPW00
Gifford, BernicexwifeFW39MMO00
Gifford, MerlesonMW19SKSMechanicBaking CompanyPw00
Gifford, EvelyndaughterFW17SKS00
Logan, Johnfather-in-lawMW73WDMO00