The Shemwell Family

Harry Ephraim SheesleyAge: 47 years18831931

Name
Harry Ephraim Sheesley
Given names
Harry Ephraim
Surname
Sheesley
Birth April 1, 1883
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 years)
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
MarriageValley Forrest HousholderView this family
June 6, 1906 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Catherine Corrine Sheesley
February 5, 1908 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Vale Lorraine Sheesley
October 2, 1916 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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/
Census January 29, 1920 (Age 36 years)
Census 1925 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 6, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Death January 24, 1931 (Age 47 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Mission Mausoleum
Family with Valley Forrest Housholder - View this family
himself
wife
Valley Forrest Housholder
Birth: October 25, 1885Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: December 12, 1981Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Marriage: June 6, 1906Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
20 months
daughter
Catherine Corrine Sheesley
Birth: February 5, 1908 24 22Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States
Death: October 29, 1999Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
9 years
daughter
Vale Lorraine Sheesley
Birth: October 2, 1916 33 30Cicero, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: August 2, 2005Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Harry Ephraim Sheesley - Household

London, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Sheesley, Harry EheadOFMW38MYesYesILILILYesMerchantOwn General StoreEM
Sheesley, ValleywifeFW33MYesYesKSOHOHYes
Sheesley, CatherinedaughterFW11SYesYesYesKSILKSYes
Sheesley, ValedaughterFW3SKSILKS

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Harry Ephraim Sheesley - Household

Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Sheesley, H EheadMW42MILManager - Grocery Store
Housholder, ValleywifeFW38MKSClerk - Grocery Store
Sheesley, KathrinedaughterFW17SKS
Sheesley, ValedaughterFW8SKS
Sheesley, MarymotherFW74WDIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Ephraim Sheesley - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sheesley, Harry EheadO7500RNoMW47M23NoYesILPAILYesSalesmanGrocery storeWYesNo
Sheesley, Valley FwifeFW44M21NoYesKSOHOHYesSalesladyGrocery StoreWYes
Sheesley, Catherine EdaughterFW22SNoYesKSILKSYes
Sheesley, Vale FdaughterFW13SYesYesKSILKSYes