The Shemwell Family

Clarence Wilburn GuntherAge: 71 years19121983

Name
Clarence Wilburn Gunther
Given names
Clarence Wilburn
Surname
Gunther
Birth January 21, 1912
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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 17 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
MarriageZadie Rosalind SlisherView this family
September 6, 1941 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 May 26, 1950 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 33 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 6, 1983 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Greenwood Cemetery
Family with Zadie Rosalind Slisher - View this family
himself
Clarence Wilburn Gunther
Birth: January 21, 1912McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois, United States
Death: May 6, 1983Michigan City, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
wife
Marriage: September 6, 1941Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
John E Cannon + Zadie Rosalind Slisher - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: October 31, 1932Fulton, Indiana, United States
7 months
step-daughter
Alice Maxine Cannon
Birth: May 20, 1933 20 18Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: January 29, 1993Munster, Lake, Indiana, United States
19 months
step-daughter
Deloris Ruth Cannon
Birth: December 22, 1934 21 20Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: November 9, 2005Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
3 years
step-son
Carl Francis Cannon
Birth: September 1, 1937 24 23Indiana, United States
Death: October 13, 1960San Diego, California, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Wilburn Gunther - Household

Westchester, Porter, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Gunther, Clarence WheadMW38MarILWK40Cement FinisherConstructionP
Gunther, Zadie RwifeFW37MarINH
Gunther, Norma LdaughterFW16NevINOT
Gunther, Nora EdaughterFW8NevIN
Gunther, Martha AdaughterFW7NevIN
Gunther, Leo CsonMW3NevIN
Gunther, SamuelsonMW2NevIN
Gunther, Wilma JdaughterFW1NevIN
Cannon, Carl FstepsonMW12NevIN