The Shemwell Family

Bessie Elizabeth VanossAge: 86 years18921979

Name
Bessie Elizabeth Vanoss
Given names
Bessie Elizabeth
Surname
Vanoss
Married name
Bessie Elizabeth Case
Birth September 30, 1892
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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
MarriageAlbert Ernest CaseView this family
December 24, 1918 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 25 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 son
#1
Virgil Gene Case
September 5, 1926 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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
Census April 11, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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
Death of a sonVirgil Gene Case
January 15, 1950 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 husbandAlbert Ernest Case
October 21, 1954 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 March 20, 1979 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with Albert Ernest Case - View this family
husband
Albert Ernest Case
Birth: November 17, 1885Harper, Kansas, United States
Death: October 21, 1954Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Bessie Elizabeth Vanoss
Birth: September 30, 1892Missouri, United States
Death: March 20, 1979Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: December 24, 1918Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
8 years
son
Virgil Gene Case
Birth: September 5, 1926 40 33Seiling, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 15, 1950Oklahoma, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Albert Ernest Case - Household

Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Case, Bert EheadR20MW44M33NoKSKSUnited StatesYesCar OilerRailroadWYes
Case, Bessie EwifeFW37M26NoMOHollandHollandYesNone
Holloway, Jefferson TstepsonMW16SYesOKKSMOYesNone
Case, OtheledaughterFW10SYesOKKSMOYesNone
Case, MilliedaughterFW7SYesOKKSMOYesNone
Case, VirgilsonMW3 years 7 monthsSNoOKKSMONone