The Shemwell Family

Martin Smithers RandelsAge: 64 years18821946

Name
Martin Smithers Randels
Given names
Martin Smithers
Surname
Randels
Birth about 1882
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
MarriageOllie Jane DickenView this family
December 17, 1904 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Cleo Lanette Randels
January 10, 1906 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Martie Elizabeth Randels
December 2, 1907 (Age 25 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Polly V Randels
about 1914 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 daughter
#4
Lena Marie Randels
March 14, 1919 (Age 37 years)
Census January 14, 1920 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childCleburn James WorleyMartie Elizabeth RandelsView this family
December 6, 1924 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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
Marriage of a childVernie Edward RichardsonPolly V RandelsView this family
October 1, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Betty Combs
February 28, 1940 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childEugene W UplegerPolly V RandelsView this family
about 1942 (Age 60 years)

Death of a daughterCleo Lanette Randels
August 25, 1944 (Age 62 years)
Death of a wifeOllie Jane Dicken
August 3, 1945 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 February 27, 1946 (Age 64 years)
Family with Ollie Jane Dicken - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 17, 1904Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
13 months
daughter
Cleo Lanette Randels
Birth: January 10, 1906 24 17Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: August 25, 1944Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
23 months
daughter
Martie Elizabeth Randels
Birth: December 2, 1907 25 19Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 3, 1988Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States
7 years
daughter
Polly V Randels
Birth: about 1914 32 25Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: September 25, 1947San Francisco, California, United States
5 years
daughter
Lena Marie Randels
Birth: March 14, 1919 37 30Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1977Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, United States
Charles Luther Shanner + Ollie Jane Dicken - View this family
wife’s husband
Charles Luther Shanner
Birth: November 24, 1885Page, Holt, Nebraska, United States
Death: November 2, 1956St. Clair, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: April 8, 1937Butler, Missouri, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Martin Smithers Randels - Household

1214 Lincoln Ave. Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Randels, MartinheadMW28M6MOMOMOSwitchmanRailroad Yards
Randels, OlliewifeFW23M622MOILMO
Randels, CleodaughterFW4SMOMOMO
Randels, ElizabethdaughterFW3SARMOMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Martin Smithers Randels - Household

815 Poplar Street Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Randels, Martin SheadMW37MMOOHOHSwitchmanSteam Railroad
Randels, Ollie JwifeFW31MMOILMO
Randels, Cleo LdaughterFW14SMOMOMO
Randels, ElizabethdaughterFW12SARMOMO
Randels, Polly VdaughterFW6SMOMOMO
Randels, Lena MdaughterFW10mSMOMOMO