The Shemwell Family

Clarence Athen CrawfordAge: 53 years19251978

Name
Clarence Athen Crawford
Given names
Clarence Athen
Surname
Crawford
Birth July 2, 1925 25 21
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 4 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 17, 1930 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 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
MarriageSadie Irene LoxtermanView this family
about 1948 (Age 22 years)
Note: Marriage date based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a daughter
#1
Terry Daryl Crawford
March 17, 1949 (Age 23 years)
Census April 5, 1950 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 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 fatherClarence DeWitt “Jack” Crawford
May 1, 1959 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 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 October 25, 1978 (Age 53 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Clarence DeWitt “Jack” Crawford
Birth: August 27, 1899Metz, Vernon, Missouri, United States
Death: May 1, 1959Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Daryl Ruth Hadley
Birth: March 23, 1904Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Death: November 11, 1985Pleasant Hill, Contra Costa, California, United States
Marriage: May 23, 1924Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
13 months
himself
Clarence Athen Crawford
Birth: July 2, 1925 25 21Cass, Shelby, Iowa, United States
Death: October 25, 1978Contra Costa, California, United States
Family with Sadie Irene Loxterman - View this family
himself
Clarence Athen Crawford
Birth: July 2, 1925 25 21Cass, Shelby, Iowa, United States
Death: October 25, 1978Contra Costa, California, United States
wife
Sadie Irene Loxterman
Birth: May 21, 1924 54 30Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Death: July 27, 2000Lander, Nevada, United States
Marriage: about 1948Arizonia, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States
14 months
daughter
Terry Daryl Crawford
Birth: March 17, 1949 23 24Arizona, United States
Death: April 29, 2002Pittsburg, Contra Costa, California, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clarence DeWitt “Jack” Crawford - Household

Contra Costa, California, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Crawford, ClarenceheadR18NoMW29M25NoYesMOUnited StatesUnited StatesYesLaborerPipelineWYes
Crawford, DarylwifeFW26M20NoYesIAIAIAYesNone
Crawford, ClarencesonMW4SNoIAMOIANone
Crawford, VernadaughterFW2SNoCAMOIANone
Crawford, RosedaughterFW0 years 11 monthsSNoWAMOIANone
Hadley, Albenfather-in-lawMW44WD20NoYesIAUnited StatesMOMacininstLocomotiveWYes

Marriage
Marriage date based on the birth of their first child
Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Clarence Athen Crawford - Household

South San Francisco, San Mateo, California, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Crawford, ClarencelodgerMW24MarIAWK40PressmanNewspaperP
Crawford, Sadielodger's wifeFW24MarMOH
Crawford, Terry Dlodger's daughterFW1NevAZ

Name
Pearl I Alton (nee Troutman) Obituary and Family Listing MRS. PEARL I. ALTON Mrs. Pearl I. Alton, 86, of 1005 Broadway, died Thursday at Bap- tist Memorial Hospital. She was born in Salina, Kas., and lived here 60 vears. She was employed by the Hotel Muehlebach before she retired. Mrs. Alton was a member of the Order of the East- ern Star Surviving are six sons, Robert H. Alton, 1025 Askew, Wil- liam Loxterman, Pennsylvania, Arnold Loxterman, Gallatin, Mo; Harold Loxterman, 2407 Woodend, Kansas City, Kansas: Joseph Webb, Muskegon. Mich, and Rich- ard Alton, California; five daugh- ters, Mrs Dorothy Kaserman, 2732 Charlotte: Mrs Victoria Soule and Mra. Sadie Crawford, both of Martinez, Calif, Mrs. Lola Sulli- van, Toledo, O.. and Mra. Martha Jane Zoellers, 5821 Hedges, Ray- town, 39 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Monday at the Stine & McClure chapel; buri- al in White Chapel cemetery. Friends mav call from 7 to 8:30 o'clock Sunday night at the chapel. https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Pearl+Ida_Troutman&birth=1890_Kansas&death=1970_Kansas+City-Jackson-Missouri-United+States&child=Rita+M_Loxterman&child2=Lester_Loxterman&child3=Mary+Victory_Loxterman&child4=Lola_Loxterman&child5=Sadie+Irene_Loxterman&child6=Robert+Hutchinson_Alton&father=John+Ambrose_Troutman&gender=f&marriage=1914&mother=Lurah+Elisabeth_Leonard&spouse=Charles+F_Loxterman&spouse2=Thomas+W_Alton&types=p