The Shemwell Family

Floyd StrahanAge: 15 years19131928

Name
Floyd Strahan
Given names
Floyd
Surname
Strahan
Birth 1913 38 24
Birth of a sisterMyrtle Strahan
1914 (Age 12 months)
Death of a sisterMyrtle Strahan
1915 (Age 2 years)
Census 1915 (Age 2 years)
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
Birth of a brotherClyde Herman Strahan
August 25, 1917 (Age 4 years)
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/
Census January 5, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Census 1925 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Parker
April 14, 1927 (Age 14 years)
Death August 20, 1928 (Age 15 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McPherson Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1906Kansas, United States
10 months
elder sister
Martha Mae Strahan
Birth: November 15, 1906 32 18McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: June 3, 1992Rossville, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
19 months
elder sister
Marjorie G Strahan
Birth: June 11, 1908 34 20McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: November 3, 1984Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas, United States
21 months
elder brother
Charles Edwin Strahan Jr
Birth: March 6, 1910 35 21McPherson, McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: August 1982Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States
4 years
himself
Floyd Strahan
Birth: 1913 38 24McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: August 20, 1928McPherson, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Myrtle Strahan
Birth: 1914 39 25McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: 1915McPherson, Kansas, United States
4 years
younger brother
Clyde Herman Strahan
Birth: August 25, 1917 43 29McPherson, Kansas, United States
Death: July 14, 1966Jackson, Missouri, United States

Floyd Strahan has 23 first cousins recorded

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Charles Edwin Strahan Sr - Household

McPherson, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Strahan, EdheadMW41MKS
Strahan, HattiewifeFW27MKS
Strahan, MaydaughterFW8SKS
Strahan, MarjeriedaughterFW6SKS
Strahan, Ed JrsonMW5SKS
Strahan, FloydsonMW3SKS
Strahan, MyrtledaughterFW0 years 9 monthsSKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Edwin Strahan Sr - Household

Bonaville, McPherson, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Strahan, EdheadRMW45MYesYesKSScotlandScottishMIYesFarmerGeneral FarmEM
Strahan, HattiewifeFW31MYesYesKSINILYes
Strahan, MaydaughterFW13SYesYesYesKSKSKSYes
Strahan, MarjorydaughterFW11SYesYesYesKSKSKSYes
Strahan, EdwinsonMW9SYesYesYesKSKSKSYes
Strahan, FloydsonMW7SYesYesYesKSKSKSYes
Strahan, ClydesonMW2 years 4 monthsSNoNoNoKSKSKSYes

CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Charles Edwin Strahan Sr - Household

McPherson, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Strahan, EddheadMW51MKS
Troutman, HattiewifeFW37MKS
Strahan, MaedaughterFW18SKS
Strahan, EdwinsonMW15SKS
Strahan, FloydsonMW13SKS
Strahan, ClydesonMW7SKS