The Shemwell Family

Joseph Leo BaumgartAge: 47 years19141962

Name
Joseph Leo Baumgart
Given names
Joseph Leo
Surname
Baumgart
Birth March 31, 1914

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 months)

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 2 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 3 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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
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World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
MarriageWanda Bernice VandoverView this family
November 19, 1948 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Van William Baumgart
September 1, 1949 (Age 35 years)

Census April 5, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 31 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 January 18, 1962 (Age 47 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery
Family with Wanda Bernice Vandover - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 19, 1948Butler, Missouri, United States
9 months
son

No family available

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Leo Baumgar - Household

510 Main Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Baumgart, Leo JheadMW36MarManager of GarageRetail Car Garage
Baumgart, Wanda HwifeFW24MarMO
Baumgart, Van WsonMWSeptNev