The Shemwell Family

Ruth A DuncanAge: 31 years19011933

Name
Ruth A Duncan
Given names
Ruth A
Surname
Duncan
Married name
Ruth A Sullivan
Birth December 17, 1901
MarriageJohn SullivanView this family
November 2, 1916 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
Birth of a son
#1
Lester Duncan Sullivan
March 7, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 22, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Death March 5, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery
Family with John Sullivan - View this family
husband
John Sullivan
Birth: July 12, 1893Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: August 30, 1947Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
herself
Ruth A Duncan
Birth: December 17, 1901Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: March 5, 1933Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage: November 2, 1916Jackson, Missouri, United States
5 years
son
Lester Duncan Sullivan
Birth: March 7, 1922 28 20Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1961Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Sullivan - Household

Blue, Jackson, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sullivan, JohnheadR20RNoMW36M23MOIrelandILYesAssemblerImplementWYes
Sullivan, RuthwifeFW29M17MOILPAYesNone
Sullivan, John EsonMW12SMOMOMOYesNone
Sullivan, RuthdaughterFW9SMOMOMONone
Sullivan, LestersonMW8SMOMOMONone
Sullivan, WilliamsonMW5SMOMOMONone
Sullivan, BettydaughterFW3SMOMOMONone
Sullivan, RebeccadaughterFW0 years 7 monthsSMOMOMONone