The Shemwell Family

Allan Owen BarkerAge: 62 years19111974

Name
Allan Owen Barker
Given names
Allan Owen
Surname
Barker
Birth November 28, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 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
MarriageKatherine Bell AndersonView this family
about 1936 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Nancy Katherine Barker
October 10, 1937 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Census April 14, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 daughterNancy Katherine Barker
August 27, 1957 (Age 45 years)

Death of a wifeKatherine Bell Anderson
August 27, 1971 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 August 29, 1974 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rosedale Cemetery
Family with Katherine Bell Anderson - View this family
himself
Allan Owen Barker
Birth: November 28, 1911Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 29, 1974Panama City, Bay, Florida, United States
wife
Katherine Bell Anderson
Birth: August 10, 1913 36 31Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 27, 1971Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1936
21 months
daughter
Nancy Katherine Barker
Birth: October 10, 1937 25 24Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 27, 1957

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Allan Owen Barker - Household

34 th. San Diego, San Diego, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Barker, Allan OheadMW38MarKYArmed Forces
Barker, Katherine AwifeFW36MarKY
Barker, Nancy KdaughterFW12NevKY