The Shemwell Family

Olive Lorena StittAge: 75 years18721948

Name
Olive Lorena Stitt
Given names
Olive Lorena
Surname
Stitt
Married name
Olive Lorena VanGundy
Birth June 16, 1872
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageGlen Samuel VanGundyView this family
about 1891 (Age 18 years)

Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a son
#1
Benjamin Harold VanGundy
September 20, 1892 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 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
Census June 28, 1900 (Age 28 years)
Marriage of a childBenjamin Harold VanGundyElla Myrtle RouchView this family
April 13, 1913 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Burton Lee VanGundy
December 10, 1913 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Harold Lavern VanGundy
April 20, 1915 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Virginia Faye VanGundy
September 18, 1916 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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 57 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 husbandGlen Samuel VanGundy
January 6, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 73 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 January 15, 1948 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dover Cemetery
Family with Glen Samuel VanGundy - View this family
husband
Glen Samuel VanGundy
Birth: January 9, 1864Kansas, United States
Death: January 6, 1930Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Olive Lorena Stitt
Birth: June 16, 1872Verona, Grundy, Illinois, United States
Death: January 15, 1948Dover, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: about 1891
21 months
son

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Glen Samuel VanGundy - Household

Cimarron, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
VanGundy, Glen SheadWMJan186337M10KSOHMDSalesman0YesYesYesOFH
VanGundy, Olive LwifeWFJun187227M1022ILILOHYesYesYes
VanGundy, BenjaminsonWMSep18927SKSKSIL
VanGundy, HowardsonWMAug18990 years 7 monthsSOKKSIL