The Shemwell Family

Howard C StandeferAge: 72 years18951968

Name
Howard C Standefer
Given names
Howard C
Surname
Standefer
Birth March 2, 1895
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageInez WrightView this family
April 26, 1917 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hannah Lee Standefer
June 16, 1918 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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 1, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 34 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 46 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 granddaughter
#1
Valetta Jean Chaffin
August 31, 1952 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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 granddaughterValetta Jean Chaffin
June 18, 1956 (Age 61 years)
Associate: James Gardner Chaffin
Associate: Hannah Lee Standefer
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 1968 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Floral Hills Cemetery
Family with Inez Wright - View this family
himself
Howard C Standefer
Birth: March 2, 1895Hardin, Ray, Missouri, United States
Death: 1968Jackson, Missouri, United States
wife
Inez Wright
Birth: April 13, 1896Carroll, Missouri, United States
Death: February 1973Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: April 26, 1917Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri, United States
14 months
daughter
Hannah Lee Standefer
Birth: June 16, 1918 23 22Missouri, United States
Death: February 1, 1995Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Howard C Standefer - Household

Richmond, Ray, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Standefer, Howard CheadRMW24MYesYesMOILMOYesLaborerCoal Service RailroadW
Standefer, Inez KwifeFW23MYesYesMOMOMOYesNone
Standefer, EarlenedaughterFW6SYesYesYesMOMOMONone
Standefer, Hannah LdaughterFW1 year 7 monthsSMOMOMONone
Standefer, John LbrotherMW22SYesYesMOILMOYesFarm LaborerWorking OutW