The Shemwell Family

Orville Berwin GulickAge: 70 years19061976

Name
Orville Berwin Gulick
Given names
Orville Berwin
Surname
Gulick
Birth January 11, 1906 31 27
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Trimmer
August 11, 1906 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a brotherBurton Gulick
March 6, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSimon Pierce Seitz
October 21, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherSimon Pierce Seitz
October 21, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Lynn Gulick
April 18, 1915 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a paternal grandfatherAsa Gulick
January 12, 1918 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Jack Gulick
September 24, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Burton Gulick
May 25, 1928 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherJulia Troutman
July 9, 1933 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Angeline Henson
February 7, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Angeline Henson
February 7, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 motherAda Henrietta Trimmer
February 15, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Census April 24, 1950 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 39 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 March 12, 1976 (Age 70 years)
Obituary
Orville Glick Obituary and Family Listing
March 13, 1976 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Boiling Springs Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Ada Henrietta Trimmer
Adoption: between 1880 and 1897Illinois, United States
Birth: September 18, 1878Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: February 15, 1950Macon, Illinois, United States
Marriage: October 7, 1897Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Louise Gulick
Birth: March 27, 1900 25 21Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: June 24, 1981Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
6 years
himself
Orville Berwin Gulick
Birth: January 11, 1906 31 27Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: March 12, 1976Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
4 years
younger brother
Burton Gulick
Birth: March 6, 1910 35 31Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: December 15, 1990Macon, Macon, Illinois, United States
5 years
younger brother
Robert Lynn Gulick
Birth: April 18, 1915 40 36Illinois, United States
Death: October 24, 1976El Paso, Colorado, United States
8 years
younger brother
John Jack Gulick
Birth: September 24, 1923 49 45Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: October 24, 2009Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Family with Evelyn R Warnick - View this family
himself
Orville Berwin Gulick
Birth: January 11, 1906 31 27Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: March 12, 1976Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
wife
Evelyn R Warnick
Birth: October 15, 1909 48 37Blue Mound, Macon, Illinois, United States
Death: March 17, 1991Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
daughter
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daughter
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daughter
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Orville Berwin Gulick has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (3)

Parents Oran Randle Gulick + Alma L Brust
1Julia Helen Gulick19102003
2Theron Oran Gulick19121978

Mother's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Burton Gulick - Household

Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gulick, John BheadMW35M112ILILILEnglishGrain DealerOAYesYesRH
Gulick, Ada HwifeFW31M11233ILILILEnglishYesYes
Gulick, Mary LdaughterFW10SILILILEnglishYesYesYes
Gulick, Orville BsonMW4SILILILEnglishNoNoNo
Gulick, Baby (Burton)sonMW0 years 7 monthsSILILILEnglishNoNoNo

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Burton Gulick - Household

Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Gulick, John BheadRMW45MYesYesILILINYesManagerGrain ElevatorW
Gulick, Ada HwifeFW41MYesYesILPAILYesNone
Gulick, Orville BsonMW13SYesYesYesILILILYesNone
Gulick, BurtonsonMW9SYesYesYesILILILNone
Gulick, Robert LsonMW4 years 8 monthsSILILILNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ada Henrietta Trimmer - Household

Hickory Point, Macon, Illinois, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gulick, Ada HheadORYesFW51WdNoYesILUnited StatesUnited StatesYesManagerGeneral FarmEYes
Gulick, Orville BsonMW24M23NoYesILILILYesFarm LaborerGeneral FarmWYesNo
Gulick, Evelyndaughter (in-law)FW20M19NoYesILKYMOYesNone
Gulick, BurtonsonMW20SNoYesILILILYesFarm LaborerGeneral FarmWYes
Gulick, Robert LsonMW14SYesYesILILILYesNone
Gulick, John JsonMW6SYesYesILILILNone

Name
John Burton Gulick Obituary and Family Listing Decatur Herald 5/26/1928 John B.Gulick resident of RR 3 north of Decatur died in St. Marys hospital at 12:30 oclock Friday noon,after having been confined to the hospital three days with heart trouble. He had been ill for some time. John Gulick was born in Decatur township on July 2, 1874. He was the son of Mr.and Mrs. Asa Gulick.He was married on Oct. 4, 1898 in Hickory Point township. He leaves his wife and the following children: Mrs. Louise Roberts Orville Gulick, Burton, Robert and Jack Gulick all of Decatur. He has a brother, Oran Gulick and his mother, Mrs. Julia Gulick all of decatur. He was a member of Sharon church and of the Modern Woodmen of America in Bearsdale. Decatur Daily Review 5/25/1928 John B. Gulick,widely known in Macon county where for a number of years he was a grain buyer at Boody died in St. Marys hospital at 12:20 Friday noon. Mr.Gulick had been in poor health for some time and several years ago retired from business, moving to a farm four and a half miles northwest of Decatur. Mr.Gulick was born in Decatur township July 2, 1874. He and Miss Ada Sites were married in October 1898 in Hickory Point township. He was a member of the Modern Woodman lodge at Bearsdale and also of the Sharon church. He leaves his wife and the following children: Mrs. Louise Roberts, Orville Gulick,Buton Gulick,Robert Gulick and Jack Gulick, his aged mother, Mrs. Julia Gulick, 1140 N. Monroe and a a brother Oren gulick northwest of Decatur. The body was taken to Dawson and Wikoff funeral home and prepared for burial. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35281301/john_burton_gulick
Name
Mary Louise Roberts (nee Gulick) Obituary and Family Listing Mrs. Roberts was born in Decatur, the daughter of John D. and Ada Gulick. She married Claude M. Roberts in 1919. He died in 1962. Surviving are her son, Robert H. of Decatur; brothers, Burton of Macon; Jack of Lincoln; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Two brothers preceded her in death. Herald & Review, Decatur, IL, 25 June 1981 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101871947/mary_louise_roberts
Name
Robert L Gulick Obituary and Family Listing This obituary documents his parents, wife, children, and siblings. See the newspaper clipping attached to the record on Robert's profile. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-decatur-daily-review-gulickrobertl/125779496/