The Shemwell Family

Merle E GiffordAge: 92 years19202013

Name
Merle E Gifford
Given names
Merle E
Surname
Gifford
Birth October 14, 1920 22 20
Birth of a sisterEvelyn Darlene Gifford
December 31, 1922 (Age 2 years)
Census 1925 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 8 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 18, 1930 (Age 9 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 19 years)
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
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 fatherHoward A Gifford
February 4, 1967 (Age 46 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 of a motherBernice Utha Logan
September 9, 1995 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterEvelyn Darlene Gifford
April 16, 2002 (Age 81 years)
Death June 11, 2013 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Council Hill Cemetery
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father
Howard A Gifford
Birth: June 23, 1898Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 4, 1967Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
mother
Bernice Utha Logan
Birth: April 29, 1900Marshfield, Webster, Missouri, United States
Death: September 9, 1995Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Marriage: about 1917Sumner, Kansas, United States
4 years
himself
Merle E Gifford
Birth: October 14, 1920 22 20Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: June 11, 2013Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Evelyn Darlene Gifford
Birth: December 31, 1922 24 22Belle Plaine, Sumner, Kansas, United States
Death: April 16, 2002Winfield, Cowley, Kansas, United States

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CensusKansas State - Census transcript - Howard A Gifford - Household

Sumner, Kansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPOccupation
Gifford, HowardheadMW26MOKFarmer
Logan, BernicewifeFW24MMONone
Gifford, MerlesonMW4SKS
Gifford, EvelyndaughterFW2MKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Howard A Gifford - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gifford, HowardheadR12NoMW32M19NoYesOKMIILYesMechanicWholesale BakeryWYesNo
Gifford, Bernice UwifeFW29M17NoYesMOMOMOYesNone
Gifford, MerlesonMW9SYesKSOKMONone
Gifford, EvelyndaughterFW6SYesKSOKMONone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Howard A Gifford - Household

Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gifford, HowardheadR15MW42MOKMechanicBaking CompanyPW00
Gifford, BernicexwifeFW39MMO00
Gifford, MerlesonMW19SKSMechanicBaking CompanyPw00
Gifford, EvelyndaughterFW17SKS00
Logan, Johnfather-in-lawMW73WDMO00