The Shemwell Family

Veda Caroline WebbAge: 56 years19071963

Name
Veda Caroline Webb
Given names
Veda Caroline
Surname
Webb
Married name
Veda Caroline Pottenger
Birth 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 daughter
#1
Pauline Icie Pottenger
May 27, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
#2
Bertha Maryline Pottenger
March 4, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 14, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James J Pottenger
January 18, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Joseph Edward Pottenger Sr.
September 17, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Virginia Lois Pottenger
January 16, 1938 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#6
Carl Dale Pottenger
January 1, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Death of a daughterVirginia Lois Pottenger
January 10, 1940 (Age 33 years)

Census April 4, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Jewell Pottenger
February 23, 1942 (Age 35 years)
Death of a daughterJewell Pottenger
February 23, 1942 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 43 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 39 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 31, 1963 (Age 56 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: West Hills Memorial Park
Family with Roy Elmer Pottenger - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Pauline Icie Pottenger
Birth: May 27, 1928 23 21Pyatt, Marion, Arkansas, United States
Death: April 5, 1997Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
21 months
daughter
Bertha Maryline Pottenger
Birth: March 4, 1930 24 23Arkansas, United States
Death: March 10, 2020Washington, United States
23 months
son
James J Pottenger
Birth: January 18, 1932 26 25Pyatt, Marion, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 19, 2021Camp Verde, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
3 years
son
Joseph Edward Pottenger Sr.
Birth: September 17, 1934 29 27Arkansas, United States
Death: June 18, 2018Yakima, Washington, United States
son
Private
daughter
23 months
son
Carl Dale Pottenger
Birth: January 1, 1940 34 33Arkansas, United States
Death: November 15, 1993Yakima, Washington, United States
2 years
daughter
Jewell Pottenger
Birth: February 23, 1942 36 35Arkansas, United States
Death: February 23, 1942Arkansas, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Roy Elmer Pottenger - Household

Blythe, Marion, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Pottenger, RoyheadMW24M22MOOHMOFarmingGeneral Farm
Pottenger, VedawifeFW23M21ARARAR
Pottenger, PaulinedaughterFW1SARMOAR
Pottenger, Mary LeandaughterFW1mSARMOAR