The Shemwell Family

Flora Van LeerAge: 52 years18861939

Name
Flora Van Leer
Given names
Flora
Surname
Van Leer
Married name
Flora Feeney
Birth November 7, 1886
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
MarriageJohn William FeeneyView this family
about 1911 (Age 24 years)
Note: Marriage info based on birth of first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Veronica Raphael Feeney
October 24, 1914 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 29 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 30 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 31 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 7, 1930 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Barbara Jean Troutman
December 9, 1934 (Age 48 years)
Death June 8, 1939 (Age 52 years)
Family with John William Feeney - View this family
husband
John William Feeney
Birth: November 17, 1885Illinois, United States
Death: September 10, 1957Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Flora Van Leer
Birth: November 7, 1886Illinois, United States
Death: June 8, 1939Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: about 1911Illinois, United States
4 years
daughter

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on birth of first child
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John William Feeney - Household

Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Feeney, John WheadR20MW44M25NoYesILYesSalesmanShoe StoreWYes
Feeney, FlorawifeFW46M23NoYesILYesNone
Feeney, Michelle EdaughterFW17SNoYesYesNone
Feeney, John WsonMW16SYesYesYesNone
Feeney, RaphaeldaughterFW15SYesYesILILILYesNone