The Shemwell Family

Roy Snow FrostAge: 100 years19202020

Name
Roy Snow Frost
Given names
Roy Snow
Surname
Frost
Birth March 9, 1920 45 40
Adoptionunknown

Adoption: Adopted by both parents
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 9 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 21 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 fatherWalter Snow “Jack” Frost
April 13, 1948 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 29 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 motherMary Fredonia Purdy
February 24, 1961 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 25 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 9, 2020 (Age 100 years)
Burial May 28, 2020 (19 days after death)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Dallas - Fort Worth National Cemetery
Last change April 21, 202223:53:23

by: Brian Shemwell
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father
Walter Snow “Jack” Frost
Birth: May 25, 1874 35 34Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
Death: April 13, 1948Shirley, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
mother
Mary Fredonia Purdy
Birth: September 28, 1879Moniteau, Missouri, United States
Death: February 24, 1961Buffalo, Harper, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: January 24, 1897Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States
8 months
elder brother
Homer Snow Frost
Birth: September 27, 1897 23 17Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States
Death: September 27, 1897Granby, Newton, Missouri, United States
2 years
elder brother
William H Frost
Birth: January 12, 1900 25 20Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1912Jacksboro, Jack, Texas, United States
20 years
himself
Roy Snow Frost
Adoption:
Birth: March 9, 1920 45 40Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Death: May 9, 2020Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

Roy Snow Frost has 9 first cousins recorded