The Shemwell Family

Gladys B CornellAge: 90 years19021993

Name
Gladys B Cornell
Given names
Gladys B
Surname
Cornell
Married name
Gladys B Long
Birth February 26, 1902
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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/
MarriageErnest Nathan LongView this family
July 1, 1919 (Age 17 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Census April 1930 (Age 28 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 1950 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 husbandErnest Nathan Long
March 13, 1967 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 February 1993 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochise Gardens of Rest Cemetery
Family with Ernest Nathan Long - View this family
husband
Ernest Nathan Long
Birth: February 14, 1894 25 21Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 13, 1967Saint David, Cochise, Arizona, United States
herself
Gladys B Cornell
Birth: February 26, 1902New York, United States
Death: February 1993Arizona, United States
Marriage: July 1, 1919Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Long, Ernest NheadRMW26MYesYesNYNYNYYesLaborerRR
Long, Gladys BwifeFW18MYesYesNYNYNYYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Long, ErnestheadORYesMW36M25NoYesINININFarmerPoultryOYes
Long, GladyswifeFW28M17NoYesNYNYNYNone
Long, DoramotherFW57WdNoYesINININNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Pearce, Cochise, Arizona, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Long, Ernest NxheadR5YesMW46MNoIN00
Long, Gladys BwifeFW38MNoNY00

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Cochise, Cochise, Arizona, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Long, Ernest NheadMW56MarINWK60FarmerFarmO
Long, GladyswifeFW48MarNYH14Farm HelperFarmNP