Dora Dell FrenchAge: 62 years1892–1955
- Name
- Dora Dell French
- Given names
- Dora Dell
- Surname
- French
- Married name
- Dora Dell VanStavern
 Birth | October 9, 1892 45 35 |
 Birth of a brother | William Samuel French September 14, 1895 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 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 |
 Census | June 2, 1900 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Virlinda Nelson October 22, 1906 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1910 (Age 17 years) |
 Marriage | Orr VanStavern — View this family October 23, 1910 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Alva Nile VanStavern October 11, 1911 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Wallace Owen VanStavern March 31, 1913 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 son #3 | Estel Clayton VanStavern November 16, 1920 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a father | Samuel French March 9, 1926 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 13, 1930 (Age 37 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lula Leota French June 28, 1930 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Lawrence Donald VanStavern December 30, 1931 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Verlinda Shamel March 2, 1934 (Age 41 years) Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage |
| Marriage of a child | Alva Nile VanStavern — Marie Josephine Meyers — View this family November 21, 1936 (Age 44 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1940 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Wallace Neil VanStavern June 29, 1942 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Robert Ray VanStavern July 12, 1943 (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Estel Clayton VanStavern — Elizabeth Helen Field — View this family July 24, 1943 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Robert Ray VanStavern December 16, 1943 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | Roy Thomas French June 10, 1945 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Margaret Ruth VanStavern March 10, 1946 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Allen French March 21, 1947 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a husband | Orr VanStavern August 3, 1947 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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 |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Larry Don VanStavern March 14, 1954 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 1, 1955 (Age 62 years) Cause of death: Carcinoma of colon |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: McBride Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel French Birth: April 12, 1847 — Ohio, United States Death: March 9, 1926 — St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Verlinda Shamel Birth: September 6, 1857 35 33 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 2, 1934 — Franklin, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: January 5, 1875 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
John Richard French Birth: July 16, 1877 30 19 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: April 27, 1878 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Lula Leota French Birth: August 9, 1879 32 21 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: June 28, 1930 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years elder brother |
Abijah Lee “Bige” French Birth: November 27, 1882 35 25 — Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: October 27, 1960 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Roy Thomas French Birth: February 26, 1885 37 27 — Plato, Texas, Missouri, United States Death: June 10, 1945 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Robert Allen French Birth: June 13, 1887 40 29 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 21, 1947 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Harry Clifford French Birth: June 30, 1889 42 31 — Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States Death: June 4, 1956 — Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States |
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3 years herself |
Dora Dell French Birth: October 9, 1892 45 35 — Whatcom, Washington, United States Death: September 1, 1955 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
William Samuel French Birth: September 14, 1895 48 38 — Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States Death: September 20, 1972 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Orr VanStavern |
| husband |
Orr VanStavern Birth: December 28, 1889 — Missouri, United States Death: August 3, 1947 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
| herself |
Dora Dell French Birth: October 9, 1892 45 35 — Whatcom, Washington, United States Death: September 1, 1955 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: October 23, 1910 — Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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1 year son |
Alva Nile VanStavern Birth: October 11, 1911 21 19 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: March 5, 1986 — Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States |
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18 months son |
Wallace Owen VanStavern Birth: March 31, 1913 23 20 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: April 12, 1993 — Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States |
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8 years son |
Estel Clayton VanStavern Birth: November 16, 1920 30 28 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: December 17, 2003 — Manassas, Manassas, Virginia, United States |
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11 years son |
Lawrence Donald VanStavern Birth: December 30, 1931 42 39 — Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States Death: February 10, 1995 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
Dora Dell French has 43 first cousins recorded
Father's family (8)
Parents David French + Amelia Priscillia Shamel
Parents Elias French + Izora Vinena Shamel
Mother's family (35)
Parents Thomas William Shamel + Mary Elizabeth Reed
Parents David French + Amelia Priscillia Shamel
Parents John Calvin Shamel Jr. + Lena Leota Spillman
Parents James Albert Shamel + Emma Evelyn McLaughlin
Parents Elias French + Izora Vinena Shamel
Parents William Alford Wright + Lillian Leona Shamel
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel French - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel French - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Orr VanStavern - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Orr VanStavern - Household
Franklin, Laclede, Missouri
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