The Shemwell Family

Reuben Samuel LamAge: 74 years18761950

Name
Reuben Samuel Lam
Given names
Reuben Samuel
Surname
Lam
Birth January 20, 1876 38 38
Birth of a sisterSarah Alice “Sallie” Lam
December 28, 1877 (Age 23 months)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 23 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a sisterVirginia Margaret Lam
November 18, 1881 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Catherine “Mollie” Lam
April 30, 1883 (Age 7 years)
Death of a sisterMittie Ann Lam
September 3, 1891 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Typhoid Fever
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam E Sandy
April 13, 1898 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 22 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Harvey Lamb
February 2, 1910 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 39 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 motherElizabeth Catherine “Lizzie” Sandy
October 13, 1918 (Age 42 years)
Cause: Cardiac Ursufficiency
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 40 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 41 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 53 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 brotherJacob Edward Lam
March 2, 1937 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 65 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 sisterIda Susan “Ida Mae” Lam
June 28, 1946 (Age 70 years)
Burial of a sisterIda Susan “Ida Mae” Lam
July 2, 1946 (Age 70 years)
Burial of a brotherJacob Edward Lam
March 4, 1947 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 73 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 69 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 9, 1950 (Age 74 years)
Burial
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father
mother
Marriage: June 23, 1861Rockingham, Virginia, United States
13 months
elder brother
Elmer L Owens
Birth: July 22, 1862 25 24Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: August 13, 1954Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States
18 months
elder brother
Jacob Edward Lam
Birth: January 10, 1864 26 26Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: March 2, 1937Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
22 months
elder brother
Charles Luther “Chas” Lam
Birth: October 31, 1865 28 28Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: March 12, 1956Norborne, Carroll, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ida Susan “Ida Mae” Lam
Birth: February 12, 1868 30 30Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: June 28, 1946Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mittie Ann Lam
Birth: February 10, 1870 32 32Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: September 3, 1891Rockingham, Virginia, United States
2 years
elder sister
Virginia Margaret Lam
Birth: April 3, 1872 34 34Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: November 18, 1881Rockingham, Virginia, United States
2 years
elder sister
Nannie Isabella Frances Lam
Birth: April 1, 1874 36 36Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: May 19, 1966Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States
22 months
himself
Reuben Samuel Lam
Birth: January 20, 1876 38 38Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: March 9, 1950Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
23 months
younger sister
Sarah Alice “Sallie” Lam
Birth: December 28, 1877 40 40Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: August 6, 1968Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
5 years
younger sister
Mary Catherine “Mollie” Lam
Birth: April 30, 1883 45 45Rockingham, Virginia, United States
Death: April 22, 1970Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States