The Shemwell Family

Ordelia Belle LockettAge: 82 years18711953

Name
Ordelia Belle Lockett
Given names
Ordelia Belle
Surname
Lockett
Married name
Ordelia Belle Thompson
Birth July 9, 1871
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageGeorge Samuel ThompsonView this family
December 25, 1888 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 26 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 daughter
#1
Pearl Ora Thompson
May 3, 1901 (Age 29 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 38 years)
Death of a husbandGeorge Samuel Thompson
May 7, 1912 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 44 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a childPerry Albert ClapperPearl Ora ThompsonView this family
April 24, 1918 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 45 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 46 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 granddaughter
#1
Paula Maxine Clapper
April 11, 1920 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Elda Rhea Clapper
August 27, 1921 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
Fay Louis Clapper
October 15, 1923 (Age 52 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Darlene Marcella “Boots” Clapper
January 8, 1926 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Donald Glen Clapper
May 18, 1929 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 58 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
Birth of a grandson
#6
Robert Dean Clapper
August 22, 1931 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Wanda Joann Clapper
July 24, 1934 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge Harold SmayPearl Ora ThompsonView this family
between 1940 and 1950 (Age 68 years)
Note: Marriage information based on marital status of 1940/50 Census
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 70 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 78 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 74 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 October 16, 1953 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sidney Cemetery
Family with George Samuel Thompson - View this family
husband
George Samuel Thompson
Birth: June 16, 1862Clinton, Indiana, United States
Death: May 7, 1912Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
herself
Ordelia Belle Lockett
Birth: July 9, 1871Pike, Illinois, United States
Death: October 16, 1953Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States
Marriage: December 25, 1888Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
12 years
daughter

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - George Samuel Thompson - Household

Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Thompson, George SheadMW48M121INKYKYEnglishButcherShopWNo0YesYesOFH
Thompson, Dalie BwifeFW38M1211110ILKYILEnglishNoneYesYes
Thompson, Samuel AsonMW18SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesNo
Thompson, Wanda MdaughterFW15SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Thompson, George GsonMW13SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Thompson, Blanche LdaughterFW11SIAINILEnglishNoneYesYesYes
Thompson, Ora PdaughterFW9SIAINILNoneYes
Thompson, William EsonMW7SIAINILNoneYes
Thompson, Loyd RsonMW5SIAINILNoneYes
Thompson, Thelma AdaughterFW3SIAINILNone
Thompson, Lawrence CsonMW1 years 8 monthsSIAINILNone