The Shemwell Family

Lawrence Herbert SmithAge: 62 years19131976

Name
Lawrence Herbert Smith
Given names
Lawrence Herbert
Surname
Smith
Birth September 5, 1913 27 21
Birth of a brotherBernard H Smith
June 14, 1915 (Age 21 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a brotherBernard H Smith
January 17, 1917 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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/
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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
Birth of a brotherRichard Dean Smith
May 11, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAmanda Isadora “Dora” Carter
1930 (Age 16 years)
Census April 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherRebecca Jane Steele
February 3, 1932 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherIrvin E Smith
June 27, 1933 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 fatherHerbert Oliver Smith
September 3, 1960 (Age 46 years)
Death of a motherSarah Lucille Long
March 5, 1974 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 7, 1976 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery
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father
Herbert Oliver Smith
Birth: June 17, 1886 25 24Perrysburg, Miami, Indiana, United States
Death: September 3, 1960Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
mother
Sarah Lucille Long
Birth: April 9, 1892 24 19Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 5, 1974Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: October 30, 1912Fulton, Indiana, United States
10 months
himself
Lawrence Herbert Smith
Birth: September 5, 1913 27 21Akron, Henry, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: February 7, 1976Ocklawaha, Marion, Florida, United States
21 months
younger brother
Bernard H Smith
Birth: June 14, 1915 28 23Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 17, 1917Akron, Henry, Fulton, Indiana, United States
15 years
younger brother
Richard Dean Smith
Birth: May 11, 1930 43 38Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States
Death: October 21, 1977Los Angeles, California, United States

Lawrence Herbert Smith has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Oliver Smith - Household

Henry, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Smith, Herbert OheadRMW33MYesYesINININYesBlacksmithGeneral ShopW
Smith, LucilewifeFW27MYesYesINININYesNone
Smith, LawrencesonMW6SYesYesYesINININ

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Oliver Smith - Household

Warsaw, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Smith, HerbertheadR2-MW43M26NoYesINININYesLathe WorkerBox Radio FactoryWNo
Smith, LucillewifeFW37M20NoYesINININYesNone
Smith, LawrencesonMW16SYesYesINININYesNone