The Shemwell Family

Ora Mae CriderAge: 88 years19122001

Name
Ora Mae Crider
Given names
Ora Mae
Surname
Crider
Married name
Ora Mae Craven
Birth September 21, 1912 31 31
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Census February 9, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
#1
Russell Merlin Craven Jr
July 20, 1934 (Age 21 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
James Bennett Craven
December 29, 1941 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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 May 15, 1950 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 Emeline Cope
1959 (Age 46 years)
Death of a fatherJames Thomas Crider
August 15, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 of a husbandRussell Merlin Craven
June 6, 1982 (Age 69 years)
Death June 20, 2001 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oxford Cemetery
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father
James Thomas Crider
Birth: December 10, 1880Lee, Virginia, United States
Death: August 15, 1968Kansas, United States
mother
Mary Emeline Cope
Birth: April 1881White, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1959Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: September 30, 1907Hamblen, Tennessee, United States
5 years
herself
Ora Mae Crider
Birth: September 21, 1912 31 31Morgan, Bosque, Texas, United States
Death: June 20, 2001Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Family with Russell Merlin Craven - View this family
husband
herself
Ora Mae Crider
Birth: September 21, 1912 31 31Morgan, Bosque, Texas, United States
Death: June 20, 2001Oxford, Sumner, Kansas, United States
son
Russell Merlin Craven Jr
Birth: July 20, 1934 21 21Kansas, United States
Death: November 30, 2014Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
7 years
son
James Bennett Craven
Birth: December 29, 1941 29 29Geuda Springs, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: July 10, 2005Dodge City, Ford, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Crider - Household

Valverde, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Crider, James TheadMW39MYesYesVAEnglishVAEnglishTNEnglishFarmerOA
Crider, Mary EwifeFW38MYesYesTNEnglishTNEnglishTNEnglish
Crider, Howard AsonMW10SYesYesYesTX
Crider, Ora MdaughterFW7SYesYesYesTX
Crider, VeradaughterFW4 years 6 monthsSKS
Crider, Effie CdaughterFW1 years 7 monthsSKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Russell Merlin Craven - Household

Valverde, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Craven, Russell MsheadO3000YesMW29MNoKSFarmerFarmOa520
Craven, Ora MaywifeFW27MNoTX
Craven, Russell JrsonMW3SNoKS

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Russell Merlin Craven - Household

Palestine, Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Craven, Russell MheadMW37MarKSWK65FarmerFarmO
Craven, Ora MwifeFW37MarTXH
Craven, Russell JrsonMW13NevKS
Craven, James BsonMW8NevKS