The Shemwell Family

Robert Walter MitchellAge: 72 years18741946

Name
Robert Walter Mitchell
Given names
Robert Walter
Surname
Mitchell
Birth March 3, 1874
MarriageLillian Campbell QueryView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 24 years)
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
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Luke Mitchell
February 12, 1906 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Sara Belle Mitchell
March 29, 1908 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Katherine Rowena Mitchell
September 5, 1910 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Robert Walter Mitchell Jr
October 14, 1913 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 1920 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 55 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 grandson
#1
Walter Willis Vestal
October 31, 1937 (Age 63 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Odell Shemwell Vestal Jr.
July 18, 1941 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 71 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 September 7, 1946 (Age 72 years)
Family with Lillian Campbell Query - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage:
son
Robert Luke Mitchell
Birth: February 12, 1906 31 26Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 25, 1973Littleton, Jefferson, Colorado, United States
2 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
Katherine Rowena Mitchell
Birth: September 5, 1910 36 30Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 2001Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Robert Walter Mitchell Jr
Birth: October 14, 1913 39 33Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 23, 1988Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - R Walter Mitchell - Household

Charolette NC

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Mitchell, R WheadMW46MNCNCNCWholesale MerchantGroceries
Mitchell, LillianwifeFW40MNCNCNC
Mitchell, Robert LsonMW13SNCNCNC
Mitchell, Sara BdaughterFW11SNCNCNC
Mitchell, KatherinedaughterFW9SNCNCNC
Mitchell, WaltersonMW6SNCNCNC
Willa BoylesboarderFW20SNCNCNC