The Shemwell Family

Charles Takashi KumasawaAge: 65 years18811946

Name
Charles Takashi Kumasawa
Given names
Charles Takashi
Surname
Kumasawa
Birth May 13, 1881
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
MarriageTaka “Take” KimedaView this family
January 9, 1904 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ellen Shizuko Kumasawa
about 1905 (Age 23 years)
Death of a daughterEllen Shizuko Kumasawa
about 1905 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Yonaco “Yono” Kumasawa
September 26, 1906 (Age 25 years)
Death of a daughterYonaco “Yono” Kumasawa
December 16, 1906 (Age 25 years)
Burial of a daughterYonaco “Yono” Kumasawa
December 17, 1906 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Frank Teruo Kumasawa
May 5, 1908 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Roy Masao Kumasawa
November 28, 1909 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#5
George Yoshio Kumasawa
September 8, 1912 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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/
Birth of a son
#6
Hugh Sachio Kumasawa
May 12, 1919 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 48 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 sonFrank Teruo Kumasawa
February 23, 1932 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Yoshio KumasawaEdna Yayoko TakahiraView this family
January 22, 1935 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Eileen Yayoko Kumasawa
January 17, 1936 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Kenneth Kenji Kumasawa
July 16, 1939 (Age 58 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Yoshio KumasawaAlyce Fusaye HiyamaView this family
August 9, 1944 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 60 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 64 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 July 29, 1946 (Age 65 years)
Burial July 29, 1946 (on the date of death)
Family with Taka “Take” Kimeda - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 9, 1904Columbia, Washington, United States
2 years
daughter
Ellen Shizuko Kumasawa
Birth: about 1905 23 23Dayton, Columbia, Washington, United States
Death: about 1905Dayton, Columbia, Washington, United States
21 months
daughter
Yonaco “Yono” Kumasawa
Birth: September 26, 1906 25 25Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States
Death: December 16, 1906Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States
19 months
son
Frank Teruo Kumasawa
Birth: May 5, 1908 26 26Okayama, Japan
Death: February 23, 1932Seattle, King, Washington, United States
19 months
son
Roy Masao Kumasawa
Birth: November 28, 1909 28 28Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States
Death: April 12, 1975Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States
3 years
son
7 years
son
Hugh Sachio Kumasawa
Birth: May 12, 1919 37 37La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States
Death: June 30, 1990Tokyo, Japan

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