The Shemwell Family

Elmer Loyd BarrowAge: 76 years19031979

Name
Elmer Loyd Barrow
Given names
Elmer Loyd
Surname
Barrow
Birth April 6, 1903 27 21
Birth of a brotherErnest Clyde Barrow
January 24, 1904 (Age 9 months)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam H Miller
November 18, 1915 (Age 12 years)
Death of a motherMyrtle Viola Miller
February 25, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Marriage of a parentJames Harrison “Harry” BarrowNora Ray ProctorView this family
between 1917 and 1920 (Age 13 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 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 14 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 January 14, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 6, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Myrtle Viola Barrow
September 22, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 parentJames Harrison “Harry” BarrowBessie Louise RidpathView this family
after 1950 (Age 46 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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 brotherErnest Clyde Barrow
July 1963 (Age 60 years)
Death of a fatherJames Harrison “Harry” Barrow
October 25, 1971 (Age 68 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 July 4, 1979 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Grand View Memorial Park and Crematory
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 1900Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
11 months
elder sister
Edith L Barrow
Birth: May 12, 1901 25 19Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Death: September 26, 1994Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States
23 months
himself
Elmer Loyd Barrow
Birth: April 6, 1903 27 21Iowa, United States
Death: July 4, 1979Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
10 months
younger brother
Ernest Clyde Barrow
Birth: January 24, 1904 28 22Iowa, United States
Death: July 1963Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States
Father’s family with Nora Ray Proctor - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: between 1917 and 1920
Father’s family with Bessie Louise Ridpath - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: after 1950
Family with Julia Emma Dorothy Huber - View this family
himself
Elmer Loyd Barrow
Birth: April 6, 1903 27 21Iowa, United States
Death: July 4, 1979Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Julia Emma Dorothy Huber
Birth: March 13, 1917New York, United States
Death: March 19, 1994Los Angeles, California, United States
son
Private
daughter
Myrtle Viola Barrow
Birth: September 22, 1940 37 23California, United States
Death: July 4, 2012

Elmer Loyd Barrow has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Harrison Barrow - Household

1021 West Chestnut St. Dennison, Grayson, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
J H BarrowheadMW34M9IAEnglandUSRetail MerchantFurniture
Myrtle BarrowwifeFW28M933MOKYYMO
Edith BarrowdaughterFW8SIAIAMO
Elmer BarrowsonMW7SIAIAMO
Ernest BarrowsonMW5SIAIAMO
W H Millerfather-in-lawMW61WdKYKYKYCarpenterHouse

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Harrison “Harry” Barrow - Household

811 23rd St. Denver, Denver, Colorado

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Barrow, Jas HarrisonheadMW42MIAUSUSCarpenterRailroad Shop
Barrow, Nora RaywifeFW31MKSINKS
Barrow, Elmer LsonMW16SIAIAMOElevator BoyManage Co
Williamson, Lula Mstep daughterFW15SKSKSKS
Williamson, Lima Maestep daughterFW11SKSKSKS
Barrow, Ernest ClydesonMW14SIAIAMO
Morris, Earl AlphuslodgerMW39SUSUSUSlaborerClaim work
Rowell, WilliamlodgerMW32WUSUSUSpresserTaylor Shop

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Harrison “Harry” Barrow - Household

1319 West Moreland Ave Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Barrow, James HheadMW55M21IAUSUSCarpenterOdd jobs
Barrow, Nora RwifeFW41M16KSKSIN
Barrow, Elmer LsonMW27SIAIAKSClerkTelephone Company