The Shemwell Family

Name
Ralph Leroy Churchman
Given names
Ralph Leroy
Surname
Churchman
Birth April 19, 1911 35 29
Birth of a sisterEvelyn Virginia Churchman
December 3, 1913 (Age 2 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Sipes Morrison
1913 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth Churchman
February 9, 1916 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 8 years)
Birth of a brotherFrederick Keith Churchman
February 22, 1924 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 18 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJacob Troutman
April 14, 1932 (Age 20 years)
MarriageDolores Ella “Babe” DillowView this family
about 1934 (Age 22 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marcia L Churchman
September 2, 1935 (Age 24 years)
Death of a fatherOtto Henry Churchman
February 22, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Ralph Eugene Churchman
December 9, 1942 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 1950 (Age 38 years)
Death of a motherNora Maize Troutman
June 21, 1950 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 brotherRoscoe Sylvan Churchman
December 3, 1954 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 sisterJuanita Ellen Churchman
May 25, 1979 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherFrederick Keith Churchman
October 12, 1984 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sisterEvelyn Virginia Churchman
February 1989 (Age 77 years)
Death April 28, 1993 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Graceland Cemetery
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