The Shemwell Family

Harry Clifford FrenchAge: 66 years18891956

Name
Harry Clifford French
Given names
Harry Clifford
Surname
French
Birth June 30, 1889 42 31
MarriageMattie Elizabeth BusterView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterDora Dell French
October 9, 1892 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Samuel French
September 14, 1895 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 8 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 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherVirlinda Nelson
October 22, 1906 (Age 17 years)

Census April 15, 1910 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Military
Quartermaster Corp. WW1
about 1917 (Age 27 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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 January 8, 1920 (Age 30 years)
Death of a fatherSamuel French
March 9, 1926 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 3, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterLula Leota French
June 28, 1930 (Age 40 years)
Death of a motherNancy Verlinda Shamel
March 2, 1934 (Age 44 years)
Cause: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Census May 10, 1940 (Age 50 years)
Death of a wifeMattie Elizabeth Buster
January 28, 1945 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherRoy Thomas French
June 10, 1945 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 52 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 brotherRobert Allen French
March 21, 1947 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 60 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
Death of a sisterDora Dell French
September 1, 1955 (Age 66 years)
Cause: Carcinoma of colon
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 56 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 June 4, 1956 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 5, 1875Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Richard French
Birth: July 16, 1877 30 19Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 27, 1878Laclede, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
Abijah Lee “Bige” French
Birth: November 27, 1882 35 25Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: October 27, 1960Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
Roy Thomas French
Birth: February 26, 1885 37 27Plato, Texas, Missouri, United States
Death: June 10, 1945Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
2 years
himself
Harry Clifford French
Birth: June 30, 1889 42 31Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States
Death: June 4, 1956Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
William Samuel French
Birth: September 14, 1895 48 38Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States
Death: September 20, 1972Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Family with Mattie Elizabeth Buster - View this family
himself
Harry Clifford French
Birth: June 30, 1889 42 31Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States
Death: June 4, 1956Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, United States
wife
Mattie Elizabeth Buster
Birth: October 12, 1881Missouri, United States
Death: January 28, 1945Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States
Marriage:

Harry Clifford French has 43 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Samuel French - Household

Franklin, Laclede, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
French, SamuelheadWMApr184852M25OHUnknownUnknownFarmer
French, Nancy VwifeWFSep186039M2587MONCVA
French, Roy TsonWMFeb188515SMOOHMOFarm Laborer3
French, Robert AsonWMJun188712SMOOHMOFarm Laborer4
French, Harry CsonWMJun188910SMOOHMOAt School8
French, Dora DdaughterWFOct18927SMOOHMO
French, William SsonWMSep18954SWAOHMO

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Harry Clifford French - Household

St John, Stafford, Kansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
French, HarryheadMW19SWAOHKYCarpenterHome
French, Royelder brotherMW24SMOOHKYCarpenterHome

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Harry Clifford French - Household

Oregon St Louis, St Louis, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
French, HarryheadMW31MWAUSUSMotormanStreet car
French, MattiewifeFW41MMOKYMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Harry Clifford French - Household

Russell Ave. St Louis, St Louis, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
French, Harry CheadMW40MWAOHOHMotor ManStreet car
French, MattiewifeFW46MMOKYMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Clifford French - Household

South Linn Fayette, Howard, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
French, Harry CXheadMW51MWARHoltMOSenior labor foremanSCS Camp
French, MattiewifeFW58MMORHoltMO