The Shemwell Family

Edith Iona GieslerAge: 84 years19071991

Name
Edith Iona Giesler
Given names
Edith Iona
Surname
Giesler
Married name
Edith Iona Clapper
Birth February 18, 1907 36 28
Death of a fatherFrancis Otto Giesler
July 27, 1907 (Age 5 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Census 1925 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 7, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Glen Alan Clapper
April 9, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas Lyle Clapper
March 28, 1934 (Age 27 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
James Lynn Clapper
August 3, 1941 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 20, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherClara Eleanor Travis
April 8, 1952 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 38 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 of a husbandPaul Glen Clapper
April 12, 1986 (Age 79 years)
Death April 8, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Francis Cemetery
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father
mother
Clara Eleanor Travis
Birth: August 6, 1878Riverton, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: April 8, 1952Mills, Iowa, United States
Marriage: November 28, 1901Fremont, Iowa, United States
5 years
herself
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husband
Paul Glen Clapper
Birth: September 28, 1904 44 38Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: April 12, 1986Cheyenne, Kansas, United States
herself
daughter
Private
son
Glen Alan Clapper
Birth: April 9, 1932 27 25Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: February 16, 2000Saint Francis, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States
2 years
son
Thomas Lyle Clapper
Birth: March 28, 1934 29 27Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Death: May 14, 2022Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States
7 years
son
James Lynn Clapper
Birth: August 3, 1941 36 34Saint Francis, Cheyenne, Kansas, United States
Death: June 2, 2000Clark, Nevada, United States

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CensusUnited States - Census transcript - Edith Iona Giesler - Household

Benton, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Omer, ShermanheadMW47MIA
Omer, ClarawifeFW44MIA
Omer, MariedaughterFW23SIA
Omer, LuciledaughterFW21SIA
Omer, HaroldsonMW18SIA
Giesler, Ionastep-daughterFW17SIA
Omer, MargiedaughterFW13SIA
Omer, LuciledaughterFW10SIA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Paul Glen Clapper - Household

Ross, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Clapper, Paul GheadR18NoMW25M24NoYesIAIAIAYesMechanicGarageWYes
Clapper, Iona EwifeFW23M22NoYesIAIAIAYesNone