The Shemwell Family

John Frederick RumpffAge: 69 years18781947

Name
John Frederick Rumpff
Given names
John Frederick
Surname
Rumpff
Birth June 3, 1878
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Death of a paternal grandfatherAdolphus Frederick Rumpff
April 25, 1885 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Adora Edna Rumpff
May 22, 1897 (Age 18 years)

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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 son
#2
Lawrence Frederick Rumpff
April 16, 1899 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3
Frances Ruth Rumpff
March 10, 1901 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Lena Jane Rumpff
1910 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a son
#5
George Nellis Rumpff
May 9, 1912 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Harold Willard Rumpff
February 4, 1914 (Age 35 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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/
Death of a fatherJohn Hardick Rumpff
March 4, 1925 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 51 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 63 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 wifeNina Edith Bennett
September 4, 1947 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 1, 1947 (Age 69 years)
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father
John Hardick Rumpff
Birth: Stone Arabia, Montgomery, New York, United States
Death: March 4, 1925Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States
mother
Marriage:
himself
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wife
daughter
23 months
son
23 months
daughter
10 years
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2 years
son
21 months
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