The Shemwell Family

Vella Violet ReynoldsAge: 79 years19161996

Name
Vella Violet Reynolds
Given names
Vella Violet
Surname
Reynolds
Married name
Vella Violet Eaton
Married name
Vella Violet Manley
Birth November 27, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 days)

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 months)

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 12 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
MarriageTheodore Walter “Ted” EatonView this family
June 5, 1937 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dora Violet “Dee” Eaton
July 12, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Walter Lee Eaton Sr.
August 24, 1942 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Charlotte June Eaton
June 1, 1949 (Age 32 years)
Census April 16, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Death of a husbandTheodore Walter “Ted” Eaton
August 26, 1950 (Age 33 years)
Cause: Logging Accident
MarriageJoseph Benjamin ManleyView this family
after 1950 (Age 33 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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
Marriage of a childTheodore Carl “Ted” CurtemanDora Violet “Dee” EatonView this family
April 28, 1956 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 November 20, 1996 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunland Memorial Park
Family with Theodore Walter “Ted” Eaton - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 5, 1937Pope, Arkansas, United States
3 years
daughter
2 years
son
Walter Lee Eaton Sr.
Birth: August 24, 1942 26 25Russellville, Pope, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 9, 2018Prairie City, Grant, Oregon, United States
7 years
daughter
Charlotte June Eaton
Birth: June 1, 1949 32 32Lassen, California, United States
Death: January 13, 2009Mill City, Linn, Oregon, United States
Family with Joseph Benjamin Manley - View this family
husband
Joseph Benjamin Manley
Birth: January 29, 1923 29 22Arkansas, United States
Death: August 29, 2002Sun City, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
herself
Marriage: after 1950

No family available

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Theodore Walter “Ted” Eaton - Household

622 Elm Westwood, Lassen, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Eaton, TheodoreheadMW32MarARLoaderFruit Grower
Eaton, VellawifeFW32MarAR
Eaton, DoradaughterFW9NevAR
Eaton, WaltersonMW7NevAR
Eaton, CharlottedaughterFW0NevCA
Manley, JosephroomerMW26NevARBuldozerFruit Grower

Vella married roomer Joseph after Teds death -b