The Shemwell Family

Albert Harold BallardAge: 78 years18971976

Name
Albert Harold Ballard
Given names
Albert Harold
Surname
Ballard
Birth November 2, 1897
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 months)
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
MarriageDoris “Dora” LoudermilkView this family
about 1925 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Beverly J Ballard
January 27, 1926 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Justus Dean Ballard
October 22, 1927 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 31 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 daughter
#3
Zona Pauline Ballard
April 22, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 daughterZona Pauline Ballard
November 11, 1960 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sonJustus Dean Ballard
January 16, 1975 (Age 77 years)
Death of a wifeDoris “Dora” Loudermilk
September 30, 1975 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 May 17, 1976 (Age 78 years)
Family with Doris “Dora” Loudermilk - View this family
himself
Albert Harold Ballard
Birth: November 2, 1897Plano, Tulare, California, United States
Death: May 17, 1976Reedley, Fresno, California, United States
wife
Doris “Dora” Loudermilk
Birth: December 16, 1906 37 34St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: September 30, 1975Reedley, Fresno, California, United States
Marriage: about 1925
13 months
daughter
Beverly J Ballard
Birth: January 27, 1926 28 19Kern, California, United States
Death: June 7, 2012Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, United States
21 months
son
Justus Dean Ballard
Birth: October 22, 1927 29 20Dinuba, Tulare, California, United States
Death: January 16, 1975Fresno, California, United States
3 years
daughter
Zona Pauline Ballard
Birth: April 22, 1930 32 23Oildale, Kern, California, United States
Death: November 11, 1960Fresno, California, United States

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