The Shemwell Family

Lois Blanche BurnhamAge: 82 years18881970

Name
Lois Blanche Burnham
Given names
Lois Blanche
Surname
Burnham
Married name
Lois Blanche Green
Birth January 2, 1888
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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
MarriageBoyd B GreenView this family
July 21, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Doris Velenthol Green
March 17, 1916 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Stephan David Troutman
May 24, 1942 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 61 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 husbandBoyd B Green
September 23, 1957 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 22, 1970 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Scottsville Cemetery
Family with Boyd B Green - View this family
husband
Boyd B Green
Birth: March 19, 1887Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
Death: September 23, 1957Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
herself
Lois Blanche Burnham
Birth: January 2, 1888Jewell, Jewell, Kansas, United States
Death: March 22, 1970Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
Marriage: July 21, 1910Kansas, United States
6 years
daughter
Doris Velenthol Green
Birth: March 17, 1916 28 28Scottsville, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
Death: August 28, 2006Northridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Boyd B Green - Household

Lulu, Mitchell, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Green, Boyd BheadRMW32MYesYesKSIAPAYesFarmerGeneralOA
Green, Loie BwifeFW32MYesYesKSVTVTYes
Green, Doris BdaughterFW3 years 9 monthsSYesYesKSKSKSYes