The Shemwell Family

Raymond Fred BurkAge: 83 years19141998

Name
Raymond Fred Burk
Given names
Raymond Fred
Surname
Burk
Birth August 22, 1914 20 19
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 months)

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 2 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 3 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/
Census January 30, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 fatherJohn Calvin Burk
February 17, 1934 (Age 19 years)
MarriageVirginia Faye VanGundyView this family
October 8, 1934 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Patty Joyce Burk
August 30, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ben Harold Burk
August 6, 1938 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 motherDora Phillips
October 29, 1968 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 of a sonBen Harold Burk
December 19, 1991 (Age 77 years)
Death January 16, 1998 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Morris Heights Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
John Calvin Burk
Birth: February 27, 1894Milburn, McCulloch, Texas, United States
Death: February 17, 1934Orlando, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Dora Phillips
Birth: March 1, 1895Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 29, 1968Orlando, Logan, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 3, 1913Logan, Oklahoma, United States
1 year
himself
Raymond Fred Burk
Birth: August 22, 1914 20 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 16, 1998Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Virginia Faye VanGundy - View this family
himself
Raymond Fred Burk
Birth: August 22, 1914 20 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 16, 1998Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marriage: October 8, 1934Payne, Oklahoma, United States
11 months
daughter
Patty Joyce Burk
Birth: August 30, 1935 21 18Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 22, 2013Missouri, United States
3 years
son
Ben Harold Burk
Birth: August 6, 1938 23 21Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 19, 1991Lane, Oregon, United States
Dawn Forest Gwin + Virginia Faye VanGundy - View this family
wife’s husband
Dawn Forest Gwin
Birth: September 23, 1917 25 26Colorado, United States
Death: October 24, 1996Appleton City, St. Clair, Missouri, United States
wife
step-son
Dawn Marvel Gwin
Birth: August 29, 1942 24 25Missouri, United States
Death: August 7, 2017Dothan, Houston, Alabama, United States
step-son
Private

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Calvin Burk - Household

Las Animas, Colorado, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Burke, Calvin JheadMW25MYesYesTXTXTXYesRanchCattle RanchOA
Burke, DorawifeFW24MYesYesOKKSKSYesNone
Burke, Raymond FsonMW5SYesOKTXOKNone
Burke, Roy JsonMW2SCOTXOKNone