The Shemwell Family

Loretta Margarette BedoreAge: 68 years18941962

Name
Loretta Margarette Bedore
Given names
Loretta Margarette
Surname
Bedore
Married name
Loretta Margarette Lebot
Birth July 19, 1894
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageCharles Louis LebotView this family
May 2, 1914 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
Birth of a daughter
#1
Betty June Lebot
January 16, 1919 (Age 24 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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
Death of a husbandCharles Louis Lebot
November 25, 1941 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 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 51 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 December 11, 1962 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Family with Charles Louis Lebot - View this family
husband
Charles Louis Lebot
Birth: April 26, 1890Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: November 25, 1941Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Loretta Margarette Bedore
Birth: July 19, 1894Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: December 11, 1962Macomb, Michigan, United States
Marriage: May 2, 1914Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
5 years
daughter
Betty June Lebot
Birth: January 16, 1919 28 24Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: August 28, 2003Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Louis Lebot - Household

Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lebot, CharlesheadRMW29MYesYesMIMIMIYesAsst SuptAuto FactoryW
Lebot, LorettawifeFW35MYesYesMICanadaEnglishCanadaEnglishYesNone
Lebot, VirginiadaughterFW4 years 2 monthsSMIMIMINone
Lebot, KennethsonMW3SMIMIMINone
Lebot, Betty JanedaughterFW1 years 3 monthsSMIMIMINone