The Shemwell Family

Ralph Erwin BaldwinAge: 80 years1909–1990

Name
Ralph Erwin Baldwin
Given names
Ralph Erwin
Surname
Baldwin
Birth August 1, 1909
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 20 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
MarriageMarjorie Elizabeth Zellers — View this family
May 9, 1936 (Age 26 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 36 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 July 19, 1990 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bremen Municipal Cemetery
Family with Marjorie Elizabeth Zellers - View this family
himself
Ralph Erwin Baldwin
Birth: August 1, 1909 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: July 19, 1990 — South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
wife
Marjorie Elizabeth Zellers
Birth: July 11, 1910 35 26 — Kewanna, Union, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 5, 2007 — South Bend, Portage, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States
Marriage: May 9, 1936 — St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

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Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Erwin Baldwin - Household

South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Baldwin, Ralph ElodgerMW30DINRiverterAuto Parts CoPW401000

Name
Marjorie E Zellers Obituary and Family Listing Marjorie "Aunt Lib" Zellers, 96, of South Bend, IN passed away at 3:55 p.m. Monday, March 5, 2007 in Healthwin Specialized Care Facility, South Bend. She was born on July 11, 1910 to James J. and Candace T. (Barnett) Zellers. On May 9, 1936 she married Ralph Baldwin. Marjorie is survived by twenty-six nieces and nephews and many many great great nieces and nephews. Five brothers, Viron, Murle, Arthur Zellers, Earl Fahler and Ralph Zellers; two sisters, Margaret A. Zellers Dudeck and Georgia A. Zellers Johnson all preceded her in death. Six grand nieces and nephews also preceded her in death. Marjorie lived in the South Bend Mishawaka area for sixty-two years moving here in 1920. She worked for Wilson Brothers, Emmco Insurance Company and at Shippers Dispatch, Inc. from 1948 to 1970 when she retired. Funeral services will be held at noon Friday, March 9, 2007 in the Palmer Funeral Home-Guisinger Chapel, 3718 S. Michigan St., South Bend, IN. Burial will follow in Barnett Cemetery, Kewanna, IN. Friends may visit with the family from 10:00 a.m.-noon Friday in the funeral home. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67094637/marjorie-elizabeth-zellers