Leona Irene FieldsAge: 90 years1910–2000
- Name
- Leona Irene Fields
- Given names
- Leona Irene
- Surname
- Fields
- Married name
- Leona Irene Andrus
 Birth | May 26, 1910 28 26 |
 Birth of a sister | Ona Louise Fields February 17, 1912 (Age 20 months) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Eleanor Fields August 26, 1917 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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 9 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Eleanor Fields March 14, 1922 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Floyd Francis Fields Jr December 18, 1922 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 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 20, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Charles Lafayette “Fate” Shemwell April 17, 1942 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 maternal grandmother | Mary Harriet Sherrod September 26, 1946 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | April 12, 1950 (Age 39 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 brother | Floyd Francis Fields Jr May 24, 1963 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | Floyd Francis Fields Sr. March 24, 1964 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a mother | Delia Frances Shemwell October 12, 1971 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 of a husband | Lloyd Herbert Andrus September 4, 1982 (Age 72 years) |
| Death of a sister | Ona Louise Fields July 6, 1994 (Age 84 years) |
| Death of a sister | Pauline Francis Fields April 27, 1996 (Age 85 years) |
 Death | August 12, 2000 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mountain View Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Floyd Francis Fields Sr. Birth: April 14, 1882 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States Death: March 24, 1964 — Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States |
| mother |
Delia Frances Shemwell Birth: June 1883 30 23 — Kansas, United States Death: October 12, 1971 — Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States |
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Marriage: about 1906 — |
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3 years elder sister |
Pauline Francis Fields Birth: July 25, 1908 26 25 — Walla Walla, Washington, United States Death: April 27, 1996 — Shelton, Mason, Washington, United States |
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22 months herself |
Leona Irene Fields Birth: May 26, 1910 28 26 — Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Death: August 12, 2000 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
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21 months younger sister |
Ona Louise Fields Birth: February 17, 1912 29 28 — Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Death: July 6, 1994 — Moses Lake, Grant, Washington, United States |
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6 years younger sister |
Mary Eleanor Fields Birth: August 26, 1917 35 34 — Washington, United States Death: March 14, 1922 — Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Floyd Francis Fields Jr Birth: December 18, 1922 40 39 — La Crosse, Whitman, Washington, United States Death: May 24, 1963 — Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States |
| Family with Lloyd Herbert Andrus |
| husband |
Lloyd Herbert Andrus Birth: December 26, 1910 — Wisconsin, United States Death: September 4, 1982 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
| herself |
Leona Irene Fields Birth: May 26, 1910 28 26 — Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States Death: August 12, 2000 — Seattle, King, Washington, United States |
| daughter |
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Leona Irene Fields has 12 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (12)
Parents Frank Emmett Tash + Bertie E Shemwell
Parents Eber Edward “Dob” Shemwell + Cassandra Mildred “Cassie” Wade
Parents Albert William Nelson + Susan Dorothy “Susie” Shemwell
Parents Floyd Shemwell + Bessie Jane Woolcutt
Parents Charles Lafayette “Charlie” Shemwell + Alice Beeson
Parents Harry Arthur Shemwell + Ruth Ellen Bussell
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Floyd Francis Fields Sr. - Household
La Crosse, Whitman, Washington
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Floyd Francis Fields Sr. - Household
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