The Shemwell Family

Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

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/
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The Great Depression
October 1929

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
MarriageEloise Elinor TroutmanView this family
between 1941 and 1955
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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
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Korean War
between 1950 and 1953
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
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Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975
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 wifeEloise Elinor Troutman
June 13, 1983
Deathunknown

Family with Eloise Elinor Troutman - View this family
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wife
Marriage: between 1941 and 1955Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States
Phillip J Smith + Eloise Elinor Troutman - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: between 1932 and 1940Illinois, United States
Gonzales + Eloise Elinor Troutman - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: between 1956 and 1983California, United States
Clarence Butler + Eloise Elinor Troutman - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: about 1929Illinois, United States

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Marriage
Eloise Elinor Troutman Marriage Chronology Eloise was married 4 times. While her actual marriage dates and full names of all her spouses were not found, the following records document those marriages: 1930 Census -> She is shown as Ella L Butler amd married to Clarence Butler. The record estimates a 1929 marriage date. 1931 Asa Burton Obituary -> She is listed as Eloise Butler living in Decatur, Illinois. 1940 Census -> She is listed as Eloise Smith and married; however, her husband is not in the Census. There is a family tree found on Ancestry that states her husband is Phillip J Smith. 1955 Elmer Troutman Obituary -> She is listed as Eloise Dillow living in Winfield, Kansas. 1983 Find A Grave -> She is listed as Ellaowise Gonzales having died in California. 1983 California Death Index -> She is listed as Ellaowise Gonzales and her parents corrected identified.
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