The Shemwell Family

Lucy L FordAge: 58 years18801938

Name
Lucy L Ford
Given names
Lucy L
Surname
Ford
Married name
Lucy L Gibson
Birth 1880 25 21
Marriage of parentsRobert Franklin “Bob” FordAmanda Louvena BreezeelView this family
March 4, 1880
Birth of a brotherMilburn Ford
1882 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherMilburn Ford
1882 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Courtney Ford
1885 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Ford
1886 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherJames Ford
1886 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherWillis N Ford
1888 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterFlossie Ford
March 29, 1890 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Shemwell
1892 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterRuth Ford
January 19, 1894 (Age 14 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWillis Washington Breezeel
July 1897 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherEdgar L Ford
June 27, 1898 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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 sisterLaura Ellen Ford
1900 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sisterLaura Ellen Ford
1900 (Age 20 years)
Census June 13, 1900 (Age 20 years)
MarriageWilliam Luther GibsonView this family
calculated 1901 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a sisterElta Ford
1902 (Age 22 years)
Death of a sisterElta Ford
1902 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Evaline Gibson
calculated 1904 (Age 24 years)
Census May 5, 1910 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Jesse Gibson
calculated 1912 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterFlossie Ford
May 7, 1912 (Age 32 years)

Death of a brotherEdgar L Ford
February 17, 1913 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 36 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 37 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 38 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/
Death of a fatherRobert Franklin “Bob” Ford
1925 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 49 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
Death of a motherAmanda Louvena Breezeel
October 12, 1932 (Age 52 years)
Death 1938 (Age 58 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ford Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 4, 1880Marshall, Kentucky, United States
10 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
Milburn Ford
Birth: 1882 27 23Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1882Marshall, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
James Ford
Birth: 1886 31 27Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1886Marshall, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
Willis N Ford
Birth: 1888 33 29Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1957
2 years
younger sister
Flossie Ford
Birth: March 29, 1890 35 32Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 7, 1912
4 years
younger sister
Ruth Ford
Birth: January 19, 1894 39 35Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 5, 1980Marshall, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger brother
Edgar L Ford
Birth: June 27, 1898 43 40Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 17, 1913Marshall, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Laura Ellen Ford
Birth: 1900 45 41Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1900Marshall, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Elta Ford
Birth: 1902 47 43Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1902Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Family with William Luther Gibson - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: calculated 1901
4 years
daughter
Evaline Gibson
Birth: calculated 1904 24 24Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:
9 years
daughter
Jesse Gibson
Birth: calculated 1912 32 32Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death:

Lucy L Ford has 29 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Robert Franklin “Bob” Ford - Household

Benton, Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Robert F FordheadMJuly185544M20KYKYNCFarmer & ?
Amanda L FordwifeFMar186040M2096KYTNNC
Lucy ForddaughterFDec188118SKYKYKYAt School
Courtney FordsonM188614SKYKYKYFarm Laborer
Willis FordsonMJuly188911SKYKYKYInvalid
Flossie ForddaughterF18919SKYKYKY
Ruth ForddaughterFMar18946SKYKYKY
Edgar FordsonMJun18982SKYKYKY

Looks like dad listed birth months and years -b

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Will L Gibson - Household

Symsonia Road Marshall, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wm L GibsonheadMW29M9KYKYKYFarmerGeneral farm
Lucy GibsonwifeFW29M911KYKYKY
Evaline GibsondaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Edward Parker boarderMW15SKYKYKY