The Shemwell Family

Ralph Eugene FloydAge: 88 years19041993

Name
Ralph Eugene Floyd
Given names
Ralph Eugene
Surname
Floyd
Birth August 24, 1904 40 37
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 25 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
#1
Sharon Lee Floyd
April 24, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Census April 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherEdmund Brader Floyd
May 21, 1933 (Age 28 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 motherCatharine A Dillon
October 22, 1948 (Age 44 years)
Census April 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 41 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 February 25, 1993 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Calvary Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Edmund Brader Floyd
Birth: January 31, 1864Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 21, 1933Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States
mother
Catharine A Dillon
Birth: May 15, 1867Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 22, 1948Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States
Marriage: September 30, 1886Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
18 years
himself
Ralph Eugene Floyd
Birth: August 24, 1904 40 37New York, United States
Death: February 25, 1993Porter, Indiana, United States
Family with Ethel Maud Troutman - View this family
himself
Ralph Eugene Floyd
Birth: August 24, 1904 40 37New York, United States
Death: February 25, 1993Porter, Indiana, United States
wife
Ethel Maud Troutman
Birth: July 10, 1907 37 29Indiana, United States
Death: March 1994Porter, Indiana, United States
son
Private
daughter
Sharon Lee Floyd
Birth: April 24, 1930 25 22Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States
Death: July 29, 1994Portage, Porter, Indiana, United States
daughter
Private

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Edmund Brader Floyd - Household

Lackawanna, Erie, New York, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Floyd, Edmund BheadMW44M124PAEnglandPAEnglishEngineerStationaryWNo0YesYesRH
Floyd, Catharine AwifeFW44M124105PAEnglandEnglandEnglishNoneYesYes
Floyd, Percy TsonMW20PAPAPAEnglishMachinistApprenticeWNo26YesYes
Floyd, Geraldine MdaughterFW19PAPAPAEnglishSalesladyDepartment StoreWNo40YesYes
Floyd, Le Roy LsonMW14NYPAPAEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Floyd, Ralph EsonMW5SNYPAPANone

Name
Charles O Troutman Obituary and Family Listing Charles O. TROUTMAN, 79, Kewanna, died at 11:45 p.m. Monday at the Rochester Nursing Home where he had been a patient for the past three months. He had been ill for some time. Born March 25, 1870, at Kewanna, he was the son of Hiram and Mary WARRICK TROUTMAN, and in 1897, he was married to Josephine BARNETT. He was a member of the Kewanna Christian church. Survivors include the wife, at home; two sons, William F. [TROUTMAN], of Valparaiso and Samuel T. [TROUTMAN], of Gary; a sister, Mrs. Ida MURPHY, Kewanna; a brother, H. P. TROUTMAN, Kewanna; three daughters, Mrs. L. W. BLOCH, Valparaiso, Opal [TROUTMAN], at home, and Mrs. Ralph FLOYD, of Gary; and several grandchildren. Friends may call at the Harrison Funeral Home, Kewanna, after noon Wednesday. Final rites will be in the Shaffer cemetery, east of Kewanna. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67801480/charles_o_troutman
Name
Josephine Troutman (nee Barnett) Obituary and Family Listing Mrs Josephine Troutman, 83, former Kewanna resident, died Friday at 6 p.m. in the Lake County Covalescent Home at Crown Point. Born in Kewanna May 2, 1878, she was the daughter of John and Nancy Harvey Barnett. She was married to Charles Troutman, who died in 1951. Surviving are two daughters, MRs. Berdena Visnovski and Mrs. Ethel Floyd, both of Gary; two sons, Sam [Troutman], Gary, and William [ Troutman], Hobart; ten grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Harrison funeral home in Kewanna. Rites are pending. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/20891484/the-news-sentinel-1961-fulton-county-public-library