The Shemwell Family

Jesse Webster BowdleAge: 69 years19071976

Name
Jesse Webster Bowdle
Given names
Jesse Webster
Surname
Bowdle
Birth September 7, 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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 22 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 son
#1
Jesse Webster Bowdle Jr
July 13, 1930 (Age 22 years)
MarriageClara Mabel WomackView this family
September 17, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Darrell Dean Bowdle
November 17, 1936 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 7, 1950 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 sonDarrell Dean Bowdle
May 5, 1975 (Age 67 years)
Death of a wifeClara Mabel Womack
August 21, 1975 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 December 1976 (Age 69 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
Family with Clara Mabel Womack - View this family
himself
Jesse Webster Bowdle
Birth: September 7, 1907Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 1976Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Clara Mabel Womack
Birth: September 21, 1910 38 33Hobart, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 21, 1975Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 17, 1934McDonald, Missouri, United States
-4 years
son
Jesse Webster Bowdle Jr
Birth: July 13, 1930 22 19Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 5, 1988Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
6 years
son
Darrell Dean Bowdle
Birth: November 17, 1936 29 26Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: May 5, 1975Oklahoma, United States

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Webster Bowdle - Household

1119 N Utica Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Bowdle, Jesse WheadMW41MarOKCab DriverTaxi Co
Bowdle, Mabel CwifeFW39MarOK
Bowdle, Jesse W JrsonMW19NevOKWaiting for call to ArmyIn Navy formerly
Bowdle, Darrell DsonMW13NevOK