The Shemwell Family

Eugene MetcalfAge: 81 years18771959

Name
Eugene Metcalf
Given names
Eugene
Surname
Metcalf
Birth September 22, 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageEster Lorena SnookView this family
May 26, 1895 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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
Birth of a son
#1
Glenn Eldred Metcalf
March 16, 1915 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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 3, 1920 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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 72 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 68 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 April 28, 1959 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pomona Valley Memorial Park
Family with Ester Lorena Snook - View this family
himself
Eugene Metcalf
Birth: September 22, 1877Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: April 28, 1959Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Ester Lorena Snook
Birth: September 29, 1881Kinsley, Edwards, Kansas, United States
Death: November 8, 1959Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: May 26, 1895Edwards, Kansas, United States
20 years
son
Glenn Eldred Metcalf
Birth: March 16, 1915 37 33Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 3, 1994Vista, San Diego, California, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Eugene Metcalf - Household

Kiowa, Barber, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Metcalf, EugeneheadMW41MYesYesMOIATXYesLaborerLemonW
Metcalf, Ester LwifeFW38MYesYesKSIAIAYesNone
Metcalf, Lloyd EsonMW16SYesYesYesOKMOKSYesNone
Metcalf, Lester UsonMW13SYesYesYesOKMOKSYesNone
Metcalf, Joseph TsonMW11SYesYesYesOKMOKSYesNone
Metcalf, Donald RsonMW9SYesOKMOKSYes
Metcalf, Dale EsonMW7SYesOKMOKSYes
Metcalf, Glen EsonMW4 years 7 monthsSOKMOKS
Metcalf, Kenneth NsonMW1year 3 monthsSKSMOKS