The Shemwell Family

William Scott LeonardAge: 44 years19131958

Name
William Scott Leonard
Given names
William Scott
Surname
Leonard
Birth December 21, 1913 32 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 14, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherRoss Shemwel Leonard
April 23, 1921 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterEdna Louise Leonard
June 13, 1923 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Marie Leonard
December 7, 1925 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherJoseph Vaughn “Joe” Leonard
August 20, 1927 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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
Birth of a sisterMarian Ann Leonard
January 27, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Census April 15, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Susan Scott Leonard
October 19, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 18, 1958 (Age 44 years)
Burialunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 19, 1913Dallas, Texas, United States
9 months
himself
William Scott Leonard
Birth: December 21, 1913 32 20Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 18, 1958Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
7 years
younger brother
Ross Shemwel Leonard
Birth: April 23, 1921 39 28Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio, United States
Death: June 7, 2006Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
2 years
younger sister
Edna Louise Leonard
Birth: June 13, 1923 41 30Gilmore City, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States
Death: December 15, 1987Mendip, Somerset, England
4 years
younger brother
Joseph Vaughn “Joe” Leonard
Birth: August 20, 1927 45 34Hamburg, Erie, New York, United States
Death: July 4, 2003North Port, Sarasota, Florida, United States
-20 months
younger sister
Dorothy Marie Leonard
Birth: December 7, 1925 44 32Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: November 11, 2014Salisbury, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
younger sister
Marian Ann Leonard
Birth: January 27, 1930 48 36Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 8, 2001Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
Father’s family with Myrtle Ruth Gass - View this family
father
step-mother
Myrtle Ruth Gass
Birth: August 1893 43Lisbon, Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: March 4, 1911Lisbon, Dallas, Texas, United States
Marriage: 1909
10 months
half-brother
Hugh Alexander Leonard Jr
Birth: October 23, 1909 27 16Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 28, 1999Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States
Family with Gwendolyn Laws Childers - View this family
himself
William Scott Leonard
Birth: December 21, 1913 32 20Dallas, Texas, United States
Death: August 18, 1958Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
wife
Gwendolyn Laws Childers
Birth: September 1, 1916Texas, United States
Death: May 2003St. Simons Island, Glynn, Georgia, United States
daughter
Susan Scott Leonard
Birth: October 19, 1940 26 24Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
Death: May 24, 1994Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

William Scott Leonard has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Alexander Leonard - Household

211 S. Townsand Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Leonard, HughheadMW39MNCNCNCMechanicGarment Plant
Leonard, EunicewifeFW26MTXKYKY
Leonard, Hugh JrsonMW9STXNCTX
Leonard, ScottsonMW6STXNCTX

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Alexander Leonard - Household

730 Locust St. York, York, Pennsylvania

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Leonard, Hugh AheadMW49M27NCNCNCMachinistCement Company
Leonard, Eunice GwifeFW37M20TXKYKY
Leonard, Scott WsonMW16S22TXNCTX
Leonard, Ross SsonMW9S24OHNCTX
Leonard, Edna LdaughterFW6S35IANCTX
Leonard, Dorothy MdaughterFW4-3mS22TXNCTX
Leonard, Joseph VsonMW2-7mS23NYNCTX
Leonard, Marian AdaughterFW3mS23PANCTX