The Shemwell Family

Olive Laura and Family

Olive Laura “Dolly” SeigfriedAge: 30 years19101940

Name
Olive Laura “Dolly” Seigfried
Given names
Olive Laura
Surname
Seigfried
Married name
Olive Laura Shemwell
Married name
Olive Laura Gardner
Nickname
Dolly
Nickname
Bobby
Birth February 22, 1910 31 26
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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/
MarriageMarcus Amadens “Mark” ShemwellView this family
November 13, 1927 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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
#1David Elroy Shemwell
September 6, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Death of a fatherHomer Clyde Seigfried
October 14, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2Alvin M Gardner
December 6, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sonAlvin M Gardner
December 6, 1939 (Age 29 years)
Death July 30, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery
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father
Homer Clyde Seigfried
Birth: February 7, 1879Blairsville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 14, 1939Los Angeles, California, United States
mother
Eliza Wilhelmina Hebets Seigfried TylorEliza Wilhelmina “Minnie A” Hebets
Birth: June 17, 1883Sutersville, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 11, 1957Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage:
herself
Olive Laura and FamilyOlive Laura “Dolly” Seigfried
Birth: February 22, 1910 31 26Monessen, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 30, 1940Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
Family with Marcus Amadens “Mark” Shemwell - View this family
husband
herself
Olive Laura and FamilyOlive Laura “Dolly” Seigfried
Birth: February 22, 1910 31 26Monessen, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 30, 1940Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: November 13, 1927Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 years
son
David Elroy Shemwell & Judith Arlene VanLent ShemwellDavid Elroy Shemwell
Birth: September 6, 1930 22 20Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: September 10, 2012Clearlake Oaks, Lake, California, United States
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husband
Private
herself
Olive Laura and FamilyOlive Laura “Dolly” Seigfried
Birth: February 22, 1910 31 26Monessen, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 30, 1940Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
son
Alvin M Gardner
Birth: December 6, 1939 29Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: December 6, 1939Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States
Marcus Amadens “Mark” Shemwell + Virginia Margaret Bankstow - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Virginia Margaret Bankstow
Birth: May 19, 1918Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 26, 1962Los Angeles, California, United States
Marriage: December 1938Los Angeles, California, United States

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