The Shemwell Family

Carl A CarlsonAge: 59 years19141974

Name
Carl A Carlson
Given names
Carl A
Surname
Carlson
Birth June 22, 1914
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 months)

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 2 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 3 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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
MarriageEmilienne E PackerView this family
May 12, 1944 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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
Census April 16, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 31 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 17, 1974 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Washington Cemetery
Family with Emilienne E Packer - View this family
himself
Carl A Carlson
Birth: June 22, 1914Iowa, United States
Death: May 17, 1974Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: May 12, 1944Jackson, Missouri, United States
Raymond Earl Van Horn + Emilienne E Packer - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: June 21, 1932Jackson, Missouri, United States
3 years
step-son
Charles Reginald Van Horn
Birth: July 14, 1935 24 24Missouri, United States
Death: February 27, 2009Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Carl A Carlson - Household

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Carlson, Carl AheadMW35MarIAWK40Cabinet MakerCabinet FixturesP
Carlson, EmiliennewifeFW39MarMOWK45Wholesale ClerkFinance Co
Van Horn, Raymond EstepsonMW16NevMOOT
Van Horn, Charles RstepsonMW14NevMOOT