The Shemwell Family

Cecil Dale PoenixAge: 40 years19121953

Name
Cecil Dale Poenix
Given names
Cecil Dale
Surname
Poenix
Birth September 17, 1912 22 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherDarwin Addison Poenix
September 3, 1919 (Age 6 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Poenix
October 27, 1924 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherLuella E Kirkpatrick
June 4, 1928 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 8, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJesse Fremont Rouch
April 19, 1939 (Age 26 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNettie Jane Lambert
May 28, 1943 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 37 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 33 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 February 22, 1953 (Age 40 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Leiters Ford IOOF Cemetery
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father
Russell Fred Poenix
Birth: February 28, 1890 32 19Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States
Death: January 6, 1967Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
mother
Isadora Clemenza Ica Rouch
Birth: November 9, 1891 24 18Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 10, 1973Fulton, Indiana, United States
Marriage: November 27, 1911Fulton, Indiana, United States
10 months
himself
Cecil Dale Poenix
Birth: September 17, 1912 22 20Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 22, 1953
12 years
younger brother
Robert Poenix
Birth: October 27, 1924 34 32Indiana, United States
Death: June 22, 1992Itasca, Minnesota, United States

Cecil Dale Poenix has 5 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Russell Fred Poenix - Household

Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Poenix, Russell FheadRMW29MYesYesKSVAUnited StatesYesLaborerGen WorkW
Poenix, IcawifeFW27MYesYesINININNone
Poenix, Cecil DsonMW7SINKSINNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Russell Fred Poenix - Household

Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Poenix, Russell FheadOYesMW40M21NoYesKSWVIAYesFarmerGeneral FarmOYesNo
Poenix, IcawifeFW38M19NoYesINININYesNone
Poenix, Dale CsonMW17SYesYesINKSINYesNone
Poenix, Robert EsonMW5SNoINKSINNone