The Shemwell Family

Florantine Louise StimsonAge: 79 years19131993

Name
Florantine Louise Stimson
Given names
Florantine Louise
Surname
Stimson
Married name
Florantine Louise Cates
Birth September 5, 1913
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 16 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 son
#1
Horace Bicknell Cates Jr
March 11, 1941 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Hugh Stimson Cates
May 15, 1942 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 26, 1950 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Julia Adrianna “Julie” Cates
June 4, 1951 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 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 32 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 husbandHorace Bicknell Cates
March 12, 1978 (Age 64 years)
Death February 3, 1993 (Age 79 years)
Family with Horace Bicknell Cates - View this family
husband
Horace Bicknell Cates
Birth: September 20, 1903 40 30Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: March 12, 1978Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Florantine Louise Stimson
Birth: September 5, 1913Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: February 3, 1993Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States
son
Horace Bicknell Cates Jr
Birth: March 11, 1941 37 27Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: October 12, 2016Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States
14 months
son
Hugh Stimson Cates
Birth: May 15, 1942 38 28Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: February 5, 2014California, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Julia Adrianna “Julie” Cates
Birth: June 4, 1951 47 37Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: December 2, 2022Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara, California, United States