The Shemwell Family

Floyd Lewis PrestonAge: 28 years19221951

Name
Floyd Lewis Preston
Given names
Floyd Lewis
Surname
Preston
Birth December 30, 1922 38 40
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 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 30, 1930 (Age 7 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 18 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 27 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 23 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 19, 1951 (Age 28 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East Lawn Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 22, 1907Red Cloud, Webster, Nebraska, United States
3 months
elder brother
Harry Elmer Preston
Birth: November 13, 1907 23 25Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States
Death: November 1, 1993Minden, Kearney, Nebraska, United States
3 years
elder sister
Lera M Preston
Birth: October 5, 1910 26 28Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States
Death: November 12, 2004Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States
4 years
elder brother
Merle Willard Preston
Birth: March 19, 1915 30 32Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States
Death: October 21, 2002Campbell, Franklin, Nebraska, United States
8 years
himself
Floyd Lewis Preston
Birth: December 30, 1922 38 40Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States
Death: February 19, 1951Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States
Family with Mary Jane Johnson - View this family
himself
Floyd Lewis Preston
Birth: December 30, 1922 38 40Bladen, Webster, Nebraska, United States
Death: February 19, 1951Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States
wife
Mary Jane Johnson
Birth: June 18, 1922Sioux City, Dakota, Nebraska, United States
Death: September 5, 1997Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States
daughter
Private
Henry Robert Meyer + Mary Jane Johnson - View this family
wife’s husband
Henry Robert Meyer
Birth: November 7, 1925St. Libory, Howard, Nebraska, United States
Death: October 21, 1998Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States
wife
Mary Jane Johnson
Birth: June 18, 1922Sioux City, Dakota, Nebraska, United States
Death: September 5, 1997Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States
Marriage: April 24, 1954

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Archie Floyd Preston - Household

Glenwood, Webster, Nebraska

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Preston, Archie FheadMW46M23NEILILFarmGeneral Farming
Preston, Mary EwifeFW47M24NEGermanyGermany
Preston, Harry EsonMW22SNENENEFarmGeneral Farming
Preston, Lera MdaughterFW18SNENENE
Preston, Merle WsonMW15SNENENE
Preston, Floyd LsonMW7SNENENE

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Archie Floyd Preston - Household

1940 Glenwood, Webster, Nebraska - Archie Preston

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Preston, ArchieXheadMW55MNESame HouseFarmerOwn Farm
Preston, MarywifeFW56MNESame House
Preston, MerlesonMW25SNESame HouseFarmerOwn Farm
Preston, FloydsonMW17SNESame HouseFarmerFathers Farm
Preston, ClaramotherFW77WdILSame House