The Shemwell Family

Richard Edward GisbrechtAge: 86 years19202007

Name
Richard Edward Gisbrecht
Given names
Richard Edward
Surname
Gisbrecht
Birth June 19, 1920
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 21 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 29 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
Birth of a son
#1
Douglas W Gisbrecht
October 8, 1954 (Age 34 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 May 12, 2007 (Age 86 years)
Cremationunknown

Family with Thelma Lorraine Carneal - View this family
himself
Richard Edward Gisbrecht
Birth: June 19, 1920Johnstown, Cmbria, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 12, 2007Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
wife
daughter
Private
son
Douglas W Gisbrecht
Birth: October 8, 1954 34 39
Death: 2020Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
daughter
Private
Walter E Lee Wilkins + Thelma Lorraine Carneal - View this family
wife’s husband
Walter E Lee Wilkins
Birth: January 12, 1907Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 12, 2004Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1933
2 years
step-daughter
Bobbie Ann Wilkins
Birth: December 21, 1934 27 19Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 14, 2015Converse, Sabine, Louisiana, United States
23 months
step-daughter
Dorothy Lee Wilkins
Birth: November 21, 1936 29 21Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 28, 2002Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States

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