The Shemwell Family

Ralph William GibboneyAge: 75 years19091984

Name
Ralph William Gibboney
Given names
Ralph William
Surname
Gibboney
Birth July 11, 1909 35 31
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 9 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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/
Death of a motherMyrtle A Sissell
February 15, 1919 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Garrett Sissell
August 3, 1925 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Etta Clark
December 9, 1928 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 12, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherJames Watson Gibboney
November 21, 1935 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 paternal grandmotherSarah A Arbothuot
February 20, 1949 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 brotherEdgar W Gibboney
January 9, 1970 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 August 4, 1984 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Price City Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 20, 1902Belleville, Republic, Kansas, United States
3 years
elder brother
20 months
elder brother
Edgar W Gibboney
Birth: August 19, 1905 32 27Siloam Springs, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 9, 1970Lafayette, Boulder, Colorado, United States
4 years
himself
Ralph William Gibboney
Birth: July 11, 1909 35 31Wasatch, Utah, United States
Death: August 4, 1984Price, Carbon, Utah, United States
Family with Marjorie Dyett - View this family
himself
Ralph William Gibboney
Birth: July 11, 1909 35 31Wasatch, Utah, United States
Death: August 4, 1984Price, Carbon, Utah, United States
wife
Marjorie Dyett
Birth: October 18, 1927Soldier Summit, Wasatch, Utah, United States
Death: January 17, 2022
daughter
Private

Ralph William Gibboney has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Watson Gibboney - Household

Myton, Wasatch, Utah

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gibboney, J WheadMW37M8KSPAOHFarmerOwn Farm
Gibboney, Myrtle AwifeFW33M843IATNIA
Gibboney, CecilsonMW6SARKSIA
Gibboney, EdgarsonMW4SARKSIA
Gibboney, RalphsonMW10mSUTKSIA
Gibboney, Sarah AmotherFW62Wd85OHUSIreland
Sissell, Albert Ebrother in lawMW36SIATNIALaborerDitch Work

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Watson Gibboney - Household

Hartford Road Myton, Duchesne, Utah

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gibboney, James WheadMW56WdKSPAOHFarmerGeneral Farm
Gibboney, Sarah AmotherFW82WdOHEnglandIreland
Gibboney, Ralph WsonMW20MUTKSIA