The Shemwell Family

Louise WestAge: 92 years19162009

Name
Louise West
Given names
Louise
Surname
West
Married name
Louise Carrier
Birth October 27, 1916
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 2 months)

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 months)

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 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
James Adelbert Carrier
July 17, 1939 (Age 22 years)

Census April 29, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 husbandRalph Adelbert Carrier Jr
November 3, 2005 (Age 89 years)
Death January 9, 2009 (Age 92 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Family with Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr - View this family
husband
Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr
Birth: March 25, 1914 33 25Ashville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 3, 2005Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
herself
Louise West
Birth: October 27, 1916Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Death: January 9, 2009Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
son
James Adelbert Carrier
Birth: July 17, 1939 25 22
Death: July 27, 2016North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ralph Adelbert Carrier Jr - Household

Edneyville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carrier, R AheadMW59MMIfarmerfarm
Carrier, E Fannie wifeFW57MNC
Carrier, Ralph JrsonMW26MNCfarm laborerfarm
Carrier, Louisedaughter in lawFW23MSC
Carrier, A JamesgrandsonMW8 monthsM