The Shemwell Family

Harry Haskell SternAge: 70 years19071977

Name
Harry Haskell Stern
Given names
Harry Haskell
Surname
Stern
Birth February 18, 1907 33 27
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
MarriageHilda WeinbergView this family
October 6, 1929 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 12, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorothy Stern
January 2, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Thomas H Stern
May 30, 1935 (Age 28 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherLaban Stern
July 5, 1945 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 4, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 38 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 May 1977 (Age 70 years)

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
elder sister
brother
Private
brother
Private
elder brother
6 years
himself
Family with Hilda Weinberg - View this family
himself
wife
Hilda Weinberg
Birth: January 13, 1909 48 39Tunica, Mississippi, United States
Death: May 28, 2002Lilburn, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
Marriage: October 6, 1929Arkansas, United States
15 months
daughter
Dorothy Stern
Birth: January 2, 1931 23 21Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: October 12, 2009Lilburn, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
4 years
son
Thomas H Stern
Birth: May 30, 1935 28 26Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death: April 13, 2003Deerfield, Lake, Illinois, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Laban Stern - Household

1644 Slifton Pk Ave Chicago, Cook, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Louis SternheadMW58M25RussiaRussiaRussiaJewishTaylorFactory
Mary SternwifeFW50M17RussiaRussiaRussiaJewish
Ben SternsonMW29SRussiaRussiaRussiaJewishChaffuerTaxicab
Harry SternsonMW23M22ILRussiaRussia????
Hilda SternFW20M19MSLatviaLatviaJewish

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Harry Stern - Household

285 West North Ave Chicago, Cook, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchEdBPResFarmOccupationIndustryVetWar
Harry SternheadMW33MILProprietorRetail Store Paint-Wallpaper
Hilda SternwifeFW29MMS

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Harry Haskell Stern - Household

211 North Ave Chicago, Cook, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Stern, Harry HheadMW43MarILProprietorPaint Store
Stern, HildawifeFW40MarMS
Stern, DorothydaughterFW19NevILSecretarialUniform Co.
Stern, ThomassonMW14NevIL