The Shemwell Family

Name
Harriet Elizabeth “Hattie” Troutman
Given names
Harriet Elizabeth
Surname
Troutman
Married name
Harriet Elizabeth Strahan
Nickname
Hattie
Birth April 1888 30 31
Birth of a sisterPearl Ida Troutman
September 7, 1893 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterGladys Marie Troutman
July 16, 1894 (Age 6 years)
Census 1895 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Death of a maternal grandmotherHannah J Tiffin
May 31, 1900 (Age 12 years)
Census June 2, 1900 (Age 12 years)
Census 1905 (Age 16 years)
MarriageCharles Edwin Strahan SrView this family
about 1906 (Age 17 years)
Note: Marriage info based on the 1910 Census
Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha Mae Strahan
November 15, 1906 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Marjorie G Strahan
June 11, 1908 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Charles Edwin Strahan Jr
March 6, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Census April 2, 1910 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Floyd Strahan
1913 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Myrtle Strahan
1914 (Age 25 years)
Death of a daughterMyrtle Strahan
1915 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Clyde Herman Strahan
August 25, 1917 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Betty Louise Trubey
July 11, 1928 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sonFloyd Strahan
August 20, 1928 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Evelyn Marie Trubey
April 28, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Robert Lee Strahan
March 6, 1932 (Age 43 years)
Marriage of a childReece Cart LewisMarjorie G StrahanView this family
1937 (Age 48 years)
Note: Marriage info found in Margorie Lewis Obituary
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Beverly Ann Lewis
January 21, 1944 (Age 55 years)
Marriage of a childClyde Herman StrahanWinifred Ethel PurdueView this family
between 1940 and 1948 (Age 51 years)
Death of a husbandCharles Edwin Strahan Sr
September 16, 1956 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherFloyd Ambrose Troutman
between 1910 and 1956 (Age 21 years)

Note: Death date as per his brother's 1956 obituary. Floyd was listing as living child in 1910 Census of his parents.
Census 1915 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 sisterEssie Ruby Troutman
November 9, 1918 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 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 29 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 5, 1920 (Age 31 years)
Census 1925 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 18, 1930 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Ambrose Troutman
1940 (Age 51 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 52 years)
Death of a motherLurah Elisabeth Leonard
June 6, 1943 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 22, 1950 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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 brotherCharles Orseames Troutman
May 17, 1956 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 4, 1966 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McPherson Cemetery
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