The Shemwell Family

Orlo Keith ArmstrongAge: 81 years19001981

Name
Orlo Keith Armstrong
Given names
Orlo Keith
Surname
Armstrong
Birth March 28, 1900 42 33
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 2 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 29 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 24, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Death of a motherFannie Minerva White
March 4, 1936 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Arminta Armstrong
January 18, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 fatherHanford Armstrong
March 31, 1947 (Age 47 years)
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 45 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 September 2, 1981 (Age 81 years)
Obituary
Orlo Keith Armstrong Obituary and Family Listing
September 3, 1981 (1 day after death)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valley View Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Hanford Armstrong
Birth: May 21, 1857Digby, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death: March 31, 1947Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States
mother
Fannie Minerva White
Birth: July 21, 1866Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States
Death: March 4, 1936Newport, Rock, Nebraska, United States
Marriage: April 3, 1888Rock, Nebraska, United States
12 years
himself
Orlo Keith Armstrong
Birth: March 28, 1900 42 33Mariaville, Rock, Nebraska, United States
Death: September 2, 1981Perry, Dallas, Iowa, United States
Family with Mary Dorothy Fuller - View this family
himself
Orlo Keith Armstrong
Birth: March 28, 1900 42 33Mariaville, Rock, Nebraska, United States
Death: September 2, 1981Perry, Dallas, Iowa, United States
wife
Mary Dorothy Fuller
Birth: December 8, 1906 46 38Stuart, Holt, Nebraska, United States
Death: July 17, 2001Stone, Missouri, United States
son
Private
daughter
Mary Arminta Armstrong
Birth: January 18, 1940 39 33Perry, Dallas, Iowa, United States
Death: December 14, 1998Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Hanford Armstrong - Household

Kirkwood, Rock, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Armstrong, HanfordheadWMMay185743M12CanadaCanadaCanada186832NAFarmer0YesYesYesOFF
Armstrong, FannywifeWFJul186633M1288IACanadaPAYesYesYes
Armstrong, RosettadaughterWFMar188119SMNCanadaINAt School8YesYesYes
Armstrong, EarlsonWMJune188415SNECanadaINAt School8YesYesYes
Armstrong, VernesonWMJan188911SNECanadaIAAt School8YesYesYes
Armstrong, EffiedaughterWFFeb189010SNECanadaIAAt School8YesYesYes
Armstrong, EtheldaughterWFMar18919SNECanadaIAAt School8YesYesYes
Armstrong, PercysonWMMar18937SNECanadaIAAt School8YesYesYes
Armstrong, MerlesonWMAug18945SNECanadaIA
Armstrong, LuradaughterWFJan18964SNECanadaIA
Armstrong, DormansonWMSept18972SNECanadaIA
Armstrong, KeithsonWMMar19000 years 2 monthsSNECanadaIA

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Orlo Keith Armstrong - Household

Kirkwood, Rock, Nebraska, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Armstrong, KeithheadRYesMW30M29NoYesNECanadaIAYesFarmerFarmOYes
Armstrong, Mary DwifeFW23M23NoYesNENYIAYesNone