The Shemwell Family

Mary Ruth AndersonAge: 70 years19412011

Name
Mary Ruth Anderson
Given names
Mary Ruth
Surname
Anderson
Birth March 4, 1941 24 23
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 8 months)

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 1950 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterNancy Jo Anderson
1952 (Age 10 years)
Death of a sisterNancy Jo Anderson
1952 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 8 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 maternal grandfatherOliver C Smith
October 20, 1957 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 4 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 paternal grandfatherOren J Anderson
March 16, 1978 (Age 37 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRuth Barnett
February 4, 1979 (Age 37 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Helen Kraemer
January 30, 1984 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherPhillip Ray Anderson
March 26, 1994 (Age 53 years)
Death of a motherHelen June Smith
August 4, 2001 (Age 60 years)
Death June 8, 2011 (Age 70 years)
Obituary
Mary Ruth Ingram (nee Anderson) Obituary and Family Listing
June 9, 2011 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kewanna Citizens IOOF Cemetery
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father
mother
elder brother
Lawrence Lee “Larry” Anderson
Birth: May 27, 1938 21 20Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 25, 2013Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
herself
Mary Ruth Anderson
Birth: March 4, 1941 24 23Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: June 8, 2011Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
12 years
younger sister
Nancy Jo Anderson
Birth: 1952 35 34Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: 1952Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
brother
Private

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Phillip Ray Anderson - Household

Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Anderson, PhillipheadMW34MarUSWK40Farmer0
Anderson, HelenwifeFW33MarUSH
Anderson, LarrysonMW11NevUS
Anderson, Mary RuthdaughterFW9NevUS