The Shemwell Family

Raymond Edward PowersAge: 73 years19041978

Name
Raymond Edward Powers
Given names
Raymond Edward
Surname
Powers
Birth June 19, 1904
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 25 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 37 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
MarriageRuth Helen BaileyView this family
between 1942 and 1947 (Age 37 years)

Census May 9, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 41 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 15, 1978 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fort Bliss National Cemetery
Family with Ruth Helen Bailey - View this family
himself
Raymond Edward Powers
Birth: June 19, 1904Bovina, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States
Death: February 15, 1978El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: between 1942 and 1947
Samuel Elton “Jack” Dansel + Ruth Helen Bailey - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-son
James Elton Dansel
Birth: April 3, 1928 25 19Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Death: February 25, 2002Saratoga, Carbon, Wyoming, United States
16 months
step-daughter
Peggy Ruth Dansel
Birth: July 20, 1929 26 20Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: October 14, 1996Carpenter, Laramie, Wyoming, United States
step-daughter
Private

No family available

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Raymond Edward Powers - Household

Yuma, Yuma, Colorado, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Powers, RayheadMW45MarWIWK40Tractor OperatorDam ConstructionP
Powers, RuthwifeFW41MarMOH

Name
Alonzo B Baily Obituary and Family Listing ALONZO B. BAILEY Mr. Alonzo B. Bailey, 82, of 3116 Tracy, died yesterday at the Gen- eral hospital, He was born in Weaubleau, Mo., and had lived in Kansas Citv 70 years. He leaves two sons, Frank S. Bailey, Rich- mond, Calif, and John F, Bailey, Guam; a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Powers, El Paso. Tex.; a brother, Ralph Bailey, Wadsworth, Kas.; ,three sisters, Mrs. Essie Anawalt, 824 South Cedar, Independence, Mrs. Anne Creswell, 3490 East i Thirty-first. and Mrs. Axie Rav- mer, Exeter, Calif, and three grandchildren. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160209407/alonzo-burton-bailey