The Shemwell Family

Katherine Elizabeth DippelAge: 84 years18711956

Name
Katherine Elizabeth Dippel
Given names
Katherine Elizabeth
Surname
Dippel
Married name
Katherine Elizabeth Poffenroth
Birth December 26, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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
MarriageAdam PoffenrothView this family
about 1899 (Age 27 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Alvina Mae Poffenroth
September 25, 1911 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 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 45 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 46 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 16, 1920 (Age 48 years)
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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Barbara Elaine Snyder
March 6, 1934 (Age 62 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Richard Lee Snyder
September 23, 1937 (Age 65 years)
Shared note: Birth and Death date taken from Obituary
Census April 25, 1940 (Age 68 years)
Death of a husbandAdam Poffenroth
July 12, 1943 (Age 71 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 78 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 74 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 October 10, 1956 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Family with Adam Poffenroth - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1899Russia
13 years
daughter
Alvina Mae Poffenroth
Birth: September 25, 1911 38 39Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States
Death: December 4, 1994Port Hueneme, Ventura, California, United States

No family available

Marriage
Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Adam Poffenroth - Household

Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Poffenroth, AdamheadOFMW45M1901PaYesNoRussiaGermanRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesLaborerRailroadW
Poffenroth, KatiewifeFW46M1901PaYesNoRussiaGermanRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, AdamsonMW19SYesYesYesRussiaGermanRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, JohnsonMW17SYesYesYesWIRussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, PaulinedaughterFW12SYesYesYesWARussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, AlexsonMW10SYesYesYesWARussiaGermanRussiaGermanYesNone
Poffenroth, Alvina MdaughterFW8SYesWARussiaGermanRussiaGermanNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Adam Poffenroth - Household

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Poffenroth, EabanheadO3500NoMW66MNoRussia
Poffenroth, Catherine ExwifeFW67MNoRussia
Poffenroth, AlecsonMW30SNoWARelief Man Creamery PlantDairy PlantPW521749No
Snyder, AlvinadaughterFW28M?NoWA
Snyder, Barbaragrand-daughterFW6SYesCA
Snyder, RichardgrandsonMW2SNoCA