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Clarence DeWitt “Jack” CrawfordAge: 59 years18991959

Name
Clarence DeWitt “Jack” Crawford
Given names
Clarence DeWitt
Surname
Crawford
Nickname
Jack
Birth August 27, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageDaryl Ruth HadleyView this family
May 23, 1924 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Clarence Athen Crawford
July 2, 1925 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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
Marriage of a childClarence Athen CrawfordSadie Irene LoxtermanView this family
about 1948 (Age 48 years)
Note: Marriage date based on the birth of their first child
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Terry Daryl Crawford
March 17, 1949 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 46 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 May 1, 1959 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Crestlawn Memorial Park
Family with Daryl Ruth Hadley - View this family
himself
Clarence DeWitt “Jack” Crawford
Birth: August 27, 1899Metz, Vernon, Missouri, United States
Death: May 1, 1959Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
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
son
Clarence Athen Crawford
Birth: July 2, 1925 25 21Cass, Shelby, Iowa, United States
Death: October 25, 1978Contra 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