The Shemwell Family

Margaret May Long1891

Name
Margaret May Long
Given names
Margaret May
Surname
Long
Birth April 1891 24 19
Birth of a brotherClifford Long
May 9, 1894 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterIva Zella Long
December 20, 1897 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 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 sisterFern Blanch Long
1900 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherClarence A Long
1902 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterAlma Fayette Long
May 16, 1906 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a brotherRoy Kenneth Long
June 12, 1909 (Age 18 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a brotherGerald Arthur Long
May 7, 1914 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 24 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 25 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 26 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 38 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 fatherAlbert Long
1935 (Age 43 years)
Death of a brotherClarence A Long
October 9, 1938 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 50 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 motherPrudence Evelyn Ritter
1951 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 58 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 brotherGerald Arthur Long
October 13, 1960 (Age 69 years)
Death of a brotherClifford Long
1963 (Age 71 years)
Death of a brotherRoy Kenneth Long
August 7, 1967 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 54 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 sisterIva Zella Long
June 1981 (Age 90 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 14, 1890Jasper, Iowa, United States
7 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Clifford Long
Birth: May 9, 1894 27 22Mingo, Jasper, Iowa, United States
Death: 1963Polk, Iowa, United States
4 years
younger sister
Iva Zella Long
Birth: December 20, 1897 30 25Iowa, United States
Death: June 1981Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Clarence A Long
Birth: 1902 34 29Missouri, United States
Death: October 9, 1938Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
4 years
younger sister
Alma Fayette Long
Birth: May 16, 1906 39 34Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Roy Kenneth Long
Birth: June 12, 1909 42 37Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Death: August 7, 1967Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
5 years
younger brother
Gerald Arthur Long
Birth: May 7, 1914 47 42Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Death: October 13, 1960Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert Long - Household

Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Long, AlbertheadMW43M120IACanadaCanadaYesTeamsterWYes0YesYesRH
Long, PrudawifeFW38M12087INOHINYesNoneYesYes
Long, MaydaughterFW19SIAIAINYesSales LadyDept StoreWNo12YesYesNo
Long, CliffordsonMW16SIAIAINYesOfficeTelegraphWNo8YesYesNo
Long, IvadaughterFW13SIAIAINYesNoneYesYesYes
Long, FerndaughterFW10SIAIAINYesNoneYesYesYes
Long, ClarencesonMW8SMOIAINYesNoneYesYesYes
Long, FaydaughterFW4SIAIAINYesNoneNo
Long, KennethsonMW0 years 10 monthsSIAIAIN
Gurley, Berthasister-in-lawFW28WDIAOHINYesInspectorWollen MillsWNo0YesYes
Gurley, GladysnieceFW4SMOMOIAYes