The Shemwell Family

Valley Forrest HousholderAge: 96 years18851981

Name
Valley Forrest Housholder
Given names
Valley Forrest
Surname
Housholder
Married name
Valley Forrest Sheesley
Birth October 25, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
MarriageHarry Ephraim SheesleyView this family
June 6, 1906 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Catherine Corrine Sheesley
February 5, 1908 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Vale Lorraine Sheesley
October 2, 1916 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 34 years)
Census 1925 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 43 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 44 years)
Death of a husbandHarry Ephraim Sheesley
January 24, 1931 (Age 45 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Michael Kent Troutman
1945 (Age 59 years)
Census April 28, 1950 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 60 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 of a grandsonMichael Kent Troutman
1977 (Age 91 years)
Death December 12, 1981 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Mission Cemetery
Family with Harry Ephraim Sheesley - View this family
husband
herself
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