The Shemwell Family

Helen Bessie RayAge: 82 years18801962

Name
Helen Bessie Ray
Given names
Helen Bessie
Surname
Ray
Married name
Helen Bessie Baker
Birth April 16, 1880
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 17 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
MarriageOliver Marshall BakerView this family
September 17, 1904 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ola Raye Baker
December 6, 1906 (Age 26 years)
Census April 25, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 35 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 36 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 37 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 49 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 husbandOliver Marshall Baker
1942 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 61 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 69 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 65 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 May 14, 1962 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverview Cemetery
Family with Oliver Marshall Baker - View this family
husband
Oliver Marshall Baker
Birth: July 18, 1880Sullivan, Moultrie, Illinois, United States
Death: 1942Kansas, United States
herself
Helen Bessie Ray
Birth: April 16, 1880South Union, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 14, 1962Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Marriage: September 17, 1904Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
daughter
Ola Raye Baker
Birth: December 6, 1906 26 26Kansas, United States
Death: January 28, 1975Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Oliver Marshall Baker - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, Oliver MheadMW29M15ILILINEnglishTrimmerFarm ShopWNo0YesYesOMH
Baker, Bessie RwifeFW29M1511KYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
Baker, RayedaughterFW3SKSILKYNone
Ray, Josephinesister-in-lawFW32SKYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes