The Shemwell Family

Ortis Preston LoudermilkAge: 77 years19111988

Name
Ortis Preston Loudermilk
Given names
Ortis Preston
Surname
Loudermilk
Birth March 8, 1911 41 39
Death of a brotherBarney Loudermilk
July 23, 1914 (Age 3 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Death of a motherMary Ellen “Molly” Smith
September 1, 1914 (Age 3 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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/
Death of a sisterFrances Merle “Fannie” Loudermilk
November 11, 1919 (Age 8 years)
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 fatherCharles Preston Loudermilk
November 26, 1931 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 sisterArizona “Zona” Loudermilk
October 18, 1966 (Age 55 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Ernest Loudermilk
April 13, 1974 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sisterDoris “Dora” Loudermilk
September 30, 1975 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 sisterEstelle Marie “Stella” Loudermilk
December 6, 1980 (Age 69 years)
Death of a sisterOlive M Loudermilk
December 3, 1983 (Age 72 years)
Death May 17, 1988 (Age 77 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1891
20 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Olive M Loudermilk
Birth: October 7, 1895 26 23Texas, Missouri, United States
Death: December 3, 1983Sacramento, California, United States
2 years
elder sister
Estelle Marie “Stella” Loudermilk
Birth: October 10, 1897 28 25Roubidoux, Texas, Missouri, United States
Death: December 6, 1980Danville, Contra Costa, California, United States
3 years
elder sister
Frances Merle “Fannie” Loudermilk
Birth: October 30, 1900 31 28St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: November 11, 1919Butte, California, United States
22 months
elder sister
Eunice Adele Loudermilk
Birth: August 30, 1902 32 30Missouri, United States
Death: May 9, 1992Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States
5 months
elder brother
William Ernest Loudermilk
Birth: February 2, 1903 33 31Missouri, United States
Death: April 13, 1974Lodi, San Joaquin, California, United States
4 years
elder sister
Doris “Dora” Loudermilk
Birth: December 16, 1906 37 34St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: September 30, 1975Reedley, Fresno, California, United States
2 years
elder brother
Barney Loudermilk
Birth: December 16, 1908 39 36Red Bluff, Tehama, California, United States
Death: July 23, 1914Chico, Butte, California, United States
2 years
himself
Ortis Preston Loudermilk
Birth: March 8, 1911 41 39Chico, Butte, California, United States
Death: May 17, 1988Lodi, San Joaquin, California, United States

Ortis Preston Loudermilk has 10 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Preston Loudermilk - Household

Dwight Way Berkeley, Alameda, California

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Loudermilk, Charles PheadMW52WdMOWVWVLaborerSoap Factory
Loudermilk, WilliamsonMW15SMOMOMOLaborerFarm
Loudermilk, EunicedaughterFW17SMOMOMOLaborerSoap Factory
Loudermilk, DoradaughterFW13SMOMOMO
Loudermilk, OrtissonMW8SCAMOMO