The Shemwell Family

Nora Elsie OlsonAge: 86 years18961983

Name
Nora Elsie Olson
Given names
Nora Elsie
Surname
Olson
Married name
Nora Elsie Pound
Birth June 19, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 months)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageThomas F PoundView this family
June 24, 1918 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Evelyn Mae Pound
May 26, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Census January 17, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Earlene Lee Snyder
January 10, 1945 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 husbandThomas F Pound
December 20, 1959 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 19, 1983 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Vineland Cemetery
Family with Thomas F Pound - View this family
husband
Thomas F Pound
Birth: February 29, 1896Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Death: December 20, 1959California, United States
herself
Nora Elsie Olson
Birth: June 19, 1896Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
Death: May 19, 1983Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
Marriage: June 24, 1918Spokane, Washington, United States
11 months
daughter

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas F Pound - Household

Yuma, Arizona, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pound, ThomasheadRMW25MYesYesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesYesStock ClerkGarageW
Pound, NorawifeFW22MYesYesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesYesNone
Pound, EvelenedaughterFW0 years 8 monthsSCanadaUnited StatesUnited StatesNone