The Shemwell Family

Earl William RogersAge: 89 years19101999

Name
Earl William Rogers
Given names
Earl William
Surname
Rogers
Birth January 5, 1910 33 27
Death of a fatherAndrew G Rogers
February 19, 1910 (Age 45 days)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Robert Williams
January 16, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Marriage of a parentJustin Orion McBurneyMary Adalline “Addie” WilliamsView this family
August 23, 1929 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 maternal grandmotherMalinda Jane Thompson
August 29, 1933 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherGlenn Andrew Rogers
July 16, 1937 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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
Death of a motherMary Adalline “Addie” Williams
March 6, 1963 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 of a wifeMary Louise Nowell
December 31, 1997 (Age 87 years)
Death July 4, 1999 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Eternal Hills Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 3, 1903Neosho, Newton, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
Glenn Andrew Rogers
Birth: May 30, 1906 29 24Missouri, United States
Death: July 16, 1937Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
himself
Earl William Rogers
Birth: January 5, 1910 33 27Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1999Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States
Mother’s family with Justin Orion McBurney - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: August 23, 1929Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States
Family with Mary Louise Nowell - View this family
himself
Earl William Rogers
Birth: January 5, 1910 33 27Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: July 4, 1999Carlsbad, San Diego, California, United States
wife
Mary Louise Nowell
Birth: May 12, 1914Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 31, 1997Oceanside, San Diego, California, United States
daughter
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