The Shemwell Family

Mary L'Amoreaux LathropAge: 84 years19011985

Name
Mary L'Amoreaux Lathrop
Given names
Mary L'Amoreaux
Surname
Lathrop
Married name
Mary L'Amoreaux Wheeler
Birth March 29, 1901
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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/
MarriageCol. Druid Emmett WheelerView this family
June 28, 1921 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Druid Emmett Wheeler Jr
April 11, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Lathrop “Bob” Wheeler
February 23, 1925 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 8, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Address: Black Hall Township
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
Marriage of a childDruid Emmett Wheeler JrMartha Pauline MosbyView this family
December 15, 1949 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Druid Emmett Wheeler III
1950 (Age 48 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 husbandCol. Druid Emmett Wheeler
July 20, 1970 (Age 69 years)
Death of a grandsonDruid Emmett Wheeler III
May 12, 1975 (Age 74 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 19, 1985 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sarasota Memorial Park
Family with Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: June 28, 1921Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States
9 months
son
3 years
son
Robert Lathrop “Bob” Wheeler
Birth: February 23, 1925 31 23Ramsey, Anoka, Minnesota, United States
Death: May 7, 2017Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States
Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler + Martha Mary Mosby - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: December 14, 1949Winnebago, Illinois, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler - Household

Black Hall, Fulton, GA

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Druid WheelerheadMW36M27NCMIKYSoldierU.S. Army
Mary WheelerwifeFW29M20ILILNY
Druid Wheeler JrsonMW7SILNCIL
Robert WheelersonMW5SMNNCIL

Druid is in the Army

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Col. Druid Emmett Wheeler - Household

407 W. Curtias Bozeman, Gallatin, Montana

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wheeler, Druid MajorXheadMW46MNCFt. McPhersonGAArmy OfficerM.S.C College
Wheeler, MarywifeFW39MIL
Wheeler, Druid JrsonMW18SIL
Wheeler, Robert LsonMW15SMN