The Shemwell Family

Walter Edward LongAge: 88 years19061994

Name
Walter Edward Long
Given names
Walter Edward
Surname
Long
Birth July 14, 1906 46 37
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageKathryn Mouell DawsonView this family
August 20, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Michael Earl Long
November 7, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Death of a motherEster Jane Miller
September 26, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Aaron Long
May 27, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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 wifeKathryn Mouell Dawson
October 20, 1972 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 September 1, 1994 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Henry Aaron Long
Birth: June 13, 1860Carroll, Indiana, United States
Death: May 27, 1940Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
mother
Ester Jane Miller
Birth: December 1, 1868Indiana, United States
Death: September 26, 1934Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Marriage: January 16, 1890Cass, Indiana, United States
17 years
himself
Walter Edward Long
Birth: July 14, 1906 46 37Logansport, Eel Township, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: September 1, 1994Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Family with Kathryn Mouell Dawson - View this family
himself
Walter Edward Long
Birth: July 14, 1906 46 37Logansport, Eel Township, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: September 1, 1994Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
wife
Marriage: August 20, 1923Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
3 months
son
Michael Earl Long
Birth: November 7, 1923 17 16Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: June 6, 2019Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Michael A Snyder + Kathryn Mouell Dawson - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: June 2, 1932Marshall, Indiana, United States
5 months
step-son
James Daniel Snyder
Birth: October 28, 1932 29 25Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: July 24, 2011Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
3 years
step-daughter
Kay Ellen Snyder
Birth: August 8, 1935 32 28Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: January 25, 2010Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry E Long - Household

Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Long, Henry aheadMW49M321INPAPAEnglishPaper HangerHouseOANo5YesYesOFH
Long, JenniewifeFW41M12198INIrelandIrelandEnglishNoneYesYes
Long, Harry AsonMW20SINININEnglishPaper HangerHouseWNo12YesYes
Long, George WsonMW18SINININEnglishLaborerOdd JobsWNo15YesYesNo
Long, MariedaughterFW16SINININEnglishLaundressLaundryWNo10YesYesNo
Long, AnniedaughterFW13SINININEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Long, EstherdaughterFW12SINININEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Long, RobertsonMW7SINININNoneYes
Long, WaltersonMW3SINININNone
Long, WalterdaughterFW2SINININNone
Miller, MaynieceFW13SINININNone