The Shemwell Family

Verna Bernice TroutmanAge: 66 years19041971

Name
Verna Bernice Troutman
Given names
Verna Bernice
Surname
Troutman
Married name
Verna Bernice Groff
Birth December 3, 1904 22 23
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann Carmony
June 15, 1912 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 1930 (Age 25 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 10, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Death of a fatherJacob Howard Troutman
June 22, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 motherOllie Dell Musser
December 20, 1969 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 11, 1971 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
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father
Jacob Howard Troutman
Birth: 1882 40 31Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: June 22, 1950Macon, Illinois, United States
mother
Ollie Dell Musser
Birth: December 12, 1880 44 34Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: December 20, 1969Randolph, Illinois, United States
Marriage: March 1, 1904Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
9 months
herself
Verna Bernice Troutman
Birth: December 3, 1904 22 23Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 11, 1971St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Family with Raymond Harold Groff - View this family
husband
Raymond Harold Groff
Birth: April 19, 1904 41 26LaPlace, Piatt, Illinois, United States
Death: August 31, 1991Little Switzerland, Mitchell, North Carolina, United States
herself
Verna Bernice Troutman
Birth: December 3, 1904 22 23Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 11, 1971St. Louis, Missouri, United States
son
Private

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Howard Troutman - Household

Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Troutman, HowardheadMW23M16ILINILEnglishFarmerFarmEMPYesYesOFF
Troutman, OlliewifeFW23M1611ILPAPAEnglishNoneYesYes
Troutman, BernicedaughterFW5SILILILEnglishNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jacob Howard Troutman - Household

Harristown, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Troutman, Jacob HheadOMMW38MYesYesILINILYesFarmerGeneral FarmEM
Troutman, Ollie DwifeFW39MYesYesILPAPAYesNone
Troutman, Verna BdaughterFW15SYesYesYesILILILYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Raymond Harold Groff - Household

Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Groff, Raymond HheadR50NoMW25M24NoYesILILILYesProfessorUniversityWYes
Groff, BernicewifeFW24M23NoYesILILILYesNone