The Shemwell Family

Earl Wesley DykeAge: 72 years18891961

Name
Earl Wesley Dyke
Given names
Earl Wesley
Surname
Dyke
Birth July 26, 1889 22 16
Birth of a brotherLeRoy Simon Dyke
March 15, 1892 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterEthel Octava Dyke
April 21, 1895 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterEthel Octava Dyke
1895 (Age 5 years)
Census 1895 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Birth of a brotherWalter Paul Dyke
January 12, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 10 years)
Death of a motherEstella Octava Woodrum
July 28, 1901 (Age 12 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherSimon Dyke
July 1, 1903 (Age 13 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret Prudence “Amanda” Baxter
June 30, 1905 (Age 15 years)
MarriageAlice Maude SowardView this family
October 22, 1907 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Ethyl Dora Dyke
September 6, 1908 (Age 19 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Bernice Ada Dyke
June 3, 1911 (Age 21 years)
Census 1915 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 27 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 28 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 daughter
#3
Irla Mae Dyke
January 9, 1923 (Age 33 years)
Census 1925 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Keith Orice Dyke
April 24, 1926 (Age 36 years)
Death of a brotherWalter Paul Dyke
December 2, 1927 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 5, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterBertha Luella Dyke
April 16, 1931 (Age 41 years)
Census April 13, 1940 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherLeRoy Simon Dyke
October 31, 1942 (Age 53 years)
Death of a daughterBernice Ada Dyke
April 6, 1945 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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
Death of a fatherWilliam Burrell Dyke
June 23, 1947 (Age 57 years)
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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 wifeAlice Maude Soward
October 22, 1960 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 August 4, 1961 (Age 72 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valley Public Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 25, 1886Fremont, Iowa, United States
7 months
elder sister
Bertha Luella Dyke
Birth: April 5, 1887 19 14Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: April 16, 1931Tabor, Mills, Iowa, United States
2 years
himself
3 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Ethel Octava Dyke
Birth: April 21, 1895 27 22Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: 1895Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
5 years
younger brother
Walter Paul Dyke
Birth: January 12, 1900 32 27Thurman, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: December 2, 1927Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Family with Alice Maude Soward - View this family
himself
wife
Alice Maude Soward
Birth: June 25, 1891 28 25Latham, Butler, Kansas, United States
Death: October 22, 1960Alameda, Alameda, California, United States
Marriage: October 22, 1907Blaine, Oklahoma, United States
11 months
daughter
Ethyl Dora Dyke
Birth: September 6, 1908 19 17Taloga, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 5, 1995Contra Costa, California, United States
3 years
daughter
Bernice Ada Dyke
Birth: June 3, 1911 21 19Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: April 6, 1945Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States
12 years
daughter
Irla Mae Dyke
Birth: January 9, 1923 33 31Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States
Death: September 5, 2004Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States
3 years
son
Keith Orice Dyke
Birth: April 24, 1926 36 34Malvern, Mills, Iowa, United States
Death: January 2, 1976Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - William Burrell Dyke - Household

Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Dyke, William BerlheadMW27MIAFarming
Dyke, Estella OwifeFW23MIA
Dyke, BerthadaughterFW7SIA
Dyke, EarlsonMW4SIA
Dyke, RoysonMW2SIA

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Burrell Dyke - Household

Green, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Dike, BurrellheadWMJun186633M13IANYINFarm Laborer0YesYesYesRH
Dike, EstellawifeWFSep187128M1354IAINMOYesYesYes
Dike, BerthadaughterWFApr188712SIAIAIAAt School7
Dike, EarlsonWMJul18909SIAIAIA
Dike, RaysonWMMar18928SIAIAIA
Dike, WaltersonWMJan19000 years 4 monthsSIAIAIA

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Earl Wesley Dyke - Household

Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Dyke, EarlheadMW22M12IAEnglishBarberWYesYesRH
Dyke, AlicewifeFW18M1211KSILILEnglishNoneYesYes
Dyke, EtheldaughterFW0 years 12 monthsSOKIAKS

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - Earl Wesley Dyke - Household

Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Dyke, Earl WheadMW26MIABarber

CensusIowa State - Census transcript - Earl Wesley Dyke - Household

Mills, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Dyke, EarlheadMW35MIA
Dyke, AlicewifeFW33MKS
Dyke, EtheldaughterFW16SOK
Dyke, BernicedaughterFW13SIA
Dyke, IrladaughterFW2SIA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Earl Wesley Dyke - Household

Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dyke, Earl WheadR30NoMW40M19NoYesIAIAIAYesBarberWYes
Dyke, Alice MwifeFW38M16NoYesKSILILYesNone
Dyke, Bernice AdaughterFW18SNoYesIAIAKSYesStenographerWNo19
Dyke, Irla MdaughterFW7SNoIAIAKSNone
Dyke, Keith OsonMW3 years 11 monthsSNoIAIAKSNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Earl Wesley Dyke - Household

Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Dyke, Earl WheadR22.50NoMW50MNoYesIABarberBarber ShopPW401200
Dyke, Alice MxwifeFW48MNoYesKS00
Dyke, Irla MdaughterFW17SYesYesIA00
Dyke, Keith OsonMW13SYesYesIA

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Earl Wesley Dyke - Household

Woodstock, Oakland, Alameda, California, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Dyke, Earl WheadMW60MarIAWK40BarberBarber ShopP
Dyke, Alice MwifeFW58MarKSH

Name
Bernice Ada Dyke Obituary and Family History Bernis Meidl, 34, Succumbs Here Mrs. Bernis Ada Meidl, 34, died in Watsonville hospital late Fri- day afternoon following a heart attack at her home in Corralitos, Rt 5, Box 503. A native of Iowa, Mrs. Meidl had lived in Watson- ville for the past 18 years and was a graduate of local schools. The attack occurred at 4 p.m. Friday when Mrs. Meidl was pre- paring to go horseback riding and had gone to the stable to get her horse. She was found unconscious by Ruth Schalow, also of Corrali tos, who had an appointment with her for the horseback trip and who called Mehl's ambulance. Ac- cording to her physician, Mrs. Meidl had suffered from a serious heart condition for many years, but had improved in recent months. Mrs. Meili Is survived by her husband, Joseph H. Meidl; two children, Jo Ann and Ronald; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Dyke of this city; a brother, Ken- neth Dyke; ARMlc, U.S. navy, Florida; two sisters, Mrs. Ernie Picanso and Mrs. Edward Clai- bourn, both of Oakland. Episcopal Funeral services will be held Monday, 2 p.m., in Mehl’s chapel with burial in Pajaro Val ley Memorial park. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205945788/bernice-ada-meidl
Name
Keith Orice Dyke Obituary and Family Listing Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Honolulu, Hawaii) 5 Jan 1976 Mon Keith O Dyke, Age 49, 6770 Hawaii Kai Drive. Borthwick Mortuary Former Insurance Claims Manager, died Friday. Cremated Survived by wife: Dawn Sisters, Ethel Picanso of California and Irla Meanor of Oregon. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205946184/keith_orice-dyke