The Shemwell Family

Foster Stutsman HooverAge: 77 years19011978

Name
Foster Stutsman Hoover
Given names
Foster Stutsman
Surname
Hoover
Birth August 1, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageMaxine Mildred McGaffeyView this family
1922 (Age 20 years)

Note: Marriage info from findagrave site
Birth of a daughter
#1
Phyllis Maxine Hoover
1927 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 19, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 48 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jordan Foster Rouch
June 16, 1958 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 1978 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Hill Cemetery
Family with Maxine Mildred McGaffey - View this family
himself
Foster Stutsman Hoover
Birth: August 1, 1901Douglas, Kansas, United States
Death: August 1978Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
wife
Marriage: 1922
6 years
daughter
Phyllis Maxine Hoover
Birth: 1927 25 27Kansas, United States
Death: September 24, 2016Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info from findagrave site
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Foster Stutsman Hoover - Household

Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hoover, Foster SheadO4000RNoMW28M21NoYesKSKSKSYesTeacherPublic SchoolWYesNo
Hoover, Maxine MwifeFW31M23NoYesNEILILYesNone
Hoover, Richard MsonMW5SNoKSKSNENone
Hoover, Isaac HsonMW4 years 0 monthsSNoKSKSNENone
Hoover, Phyllis MdaughterFW3 years 2 monthsSNoKSKSNENone