The Shemwell Family

Zephie Naomi AkinAge: 45 years18961942

Name
Zephie Naomi Akin
Given names
Zephie Naomi
Surname
Akin
Married name
Zephie Naomi Richardson
Birth December 20, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
MarriageWilliam Frank RichardsonView this family
December 23, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Edra Mae Richardson
September 29, 1918 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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 1, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Willia Maurine Richardson
April 21, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 5, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Frank Richardson
December 26, 1940 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 March 19, 1942 (Age 45 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Zephie Naomi Akin
Birth: December 20, 1896Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 19, 1942Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Family with William Frank Richardson - View this family
husband
William Frank Richardson
Birth: August 17, 1888 25 26Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 26, 1940Oklahoma, United States
herself
Zephie Naomi Akin
Birth: December 20, 1896Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 19, 1942Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1917Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
9 months
daughter
Edra Mae Richardson
Birth: September 29, 1918 30 21Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 25, 2016Oklahoma, United States
19 months
daughter
Willia Maurine Richardson
Birth: April 21, 1920 31 23Macomb, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 24, 1972Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Frank Richardson - Household

Noble, Cleveland, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Richardson, William FheadMW31MMOMOMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Akin, Zephie NwifeFW22MOKKYAL
Richardson, Edra MdaughterFW1SOKMOOK

next door to father

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Frank Richardson - Household

Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Richardson, FrankheadMW42MMOMOMOBarber ShopBarber Shop
Richardson, Zephie NwifeFW33MOKKYAL
Richardson, EdradaughterFW11SOKMOOK
Richardson, MaureendaughterFW9SMOMOOK

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Frank Richardson - Household

Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Richardson, Frank WheadMW51MMOSame PlaceBarberBarber Shop
Richardson, ZephiewifeFW43MTXSame Place
Richardson, Edra MdaughterFW21SOKSame PlaceOperatorTelephone Office