The Shemwell Family

Ramona Lee BarnerAge: 71 years19071979

Name
Ramona Lee Barner
Given names
Ramona Lee
Surname
Barner
Birth October 6, 1907 22 21
Birth of a brotherCharles Merle Barner
September 23, 1909 (Age 23 months)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherVernon Martin Barner
January 23, 1913 (Age 5 years)
Census 1915 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 1, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherHarold Raymond Barner
November 22, 1921 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherWilbur Melvin Barner
September 27, 1923 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAda Ann Lucretia Martin
September 18, 1927 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 maternal grandfatherAndrews J Richardson
December 11, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherAbraham Lincoln Barner
June 18, 1944 (Age 36 years)
Death of a brotherHarold Raymond Barner
December 30, 1944 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 grandmotherLaurel Alice Cox
August 28, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherRaymond J Barner
1951 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherMattie Beulah Richardson
March 23, 1963 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 2, 1979 (Age 71 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: November 19, 1906Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
11 months
herself
Ramona Lee Barner
Birth: October 6, 1907 22 21Kansas, United States
Death: April 2, 1979Orange, California, United States
2 years
younger brother
Charles Merle Barner
Birth: September 23, 1909 24 23Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: August 29, 1996Moline, Elk, Kansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Vernon Martin Barner
Birth: January 23, 1913 28 27Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: February 24, 1984Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States
9 years
younger brother
Harold Raymond Barner
Birth: November 22, 1921 37 36Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: December 30, 1944Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
22 months
younger brother
Wilbur Melvin Barner
Birth: September 27, 1923 38 37Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: September 23, 2000Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Raymond J Barner - Household

Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Barner, Ray JheadMW25M4KSILILEnglishFarmerFarmingOAYesYesRF
Barner, BeulahwifeFW24M422KSILNCEnglishNoneYesYes
Barner, RamonadaughterFW2SKSKSKSNone
Barner, MerlesonMW0 years 7 monthsSKSKSKSNone

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Raymond J Barner - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Barner, RayheadMW30MKSFarmer
Barner, Mrs BeulahwifeFW29MKS
Barner, RamonadaughterFW7SKS
Barner, MerlesonMW5SKS
Barner, VernonsonMW2SKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Raymond J Barner - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Barner, Ray JheadOFMW35MYesYesKSILILYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
Barner, BeulahwifeFW34MYesYesKSOHSCYesNone
Barner, RamonadaughterFW12SYesYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Barner, MerlesonMW10SYesYesYesKSKSKSYesNone
Barner, VernonsonMW7SYesKSKSKSYesNone