The Shemwell Family

Evelyn Virginia ChurchmanAge: 75 years19131989

Name
Evelyn Virginia Churchman
Given names
Evelyn Virginia
Surname
Churchman
Married name
Evelyn Virginia Johnson
Birth December 3, 1913 38 31
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Sipes Morrison
1913
Birth of a sisterMary Elizabeth Churchman
February 9, 1916 (Age 2 years)
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 1, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherFrederick Keith Churchman
February 22, 1924 (Age 10 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
Census April 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJacob Troutman
April 14, 1932 (Age 18 years)
Death of a fatherOtto Henry Churchman
February 22, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Military
Virgil M Johnson - WWII Draft Registration
October 16, 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 6, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherNora Maize Troutman
June 21, 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
Death of a brotherRoscoe Sylvan Churchman
December 3, 1954 (Age 41 years)
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 of a sisterJuanita Ellen Churchman
May 25, 1979 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherFrederick Keith Churchman
October 12, 1984 (Age 70 years)
Death February 1989 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1900Illinois, United States
18 months
elder sister
Juanita Ellen Churchman
Birth: July 14, 1901 26 19Illinois, United States
Death: May 25, 1979San Diego, California, United States
2 years
elder brother
8 years
elder brother
3 years
herself
Evelyn Virginia Churchman
Birth: December 3, 1913 38 31Illinois, United States
Death: February 1989San Diego, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mary Elizabeth Churchman
Birth: February 9, 1916 40 33Illinois, United States
Death: September 5, 1994San Diego, California, United States
8 years
younger brother
Frederick Keith Churchman
Birth: February 22, 1924 48 41Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: October 12, 1984Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Family with Virgil M Johnson - View this family
husband
Virgil M Johnson
Birth: November 20, 1907 38 30Doniphan, Ripley, Missouri, United States
Death: May 1, 1996Lakeside, San Diego, California, United States
herself
Evelyn Virginia Churchman
Birth: December 3, 1913 38 31Illinois, United States
Death: February 1989San Diego, California, United States
daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Otto Henry Churchman - Household

Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Churchman, O HheadMW44MYesYesILOHOHYesMillerFlour MillW
Churchman, NorawifeFW32MYesYesILININYesNone
Churchman, RoscoesonMW17SNoYesYesILILILYesTeamsterBisquit CoW
Churchman, JuanitadaughterFW19SNoYesYesILILILYesNone
Churchman, RalphsonMW9SYesILILILYesNone
Churchman, EvelyndaughterFW6SILILILYesNone
Churchman, Mary EdaughterFW3 years 10 monthsSILILILNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Otto Henry Churchman - Household

Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Churchman, Otto HheadO8500RNoMW53M27NoILILOHYesPipe FitterLead and Brass FactoryWYes
Churchman, Nora MwifeFW48M18NoILINPAYesNone
Churchman, Ralph LsonMW19SNoILILILYesLaborerSteel Construction CoWYes
Churchman, Evelyn VdaughterFW17SYesILILILYesNone
Churchman, Mary EdaughterFW15SYesILILILYesNone
Churchman, Frederick K KsonMW6SNoILILILNone