The Shemwell Family

Edra Mae RichardsonAge: 97 years19182016

Name
Edra Mae Richardson
Given names
Edra Mae
Surname
Richardson
Married name
Edra Mae Stevens
Birth September 29, 1918 30 21
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 15 months)
Birth of a sisterWillia Maurine Richardson
April 21, 1920 (Age 18 months)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 11 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Frank Richardson
December 26, 1940 (Age 22 years)
Death of a motherZephie Naomi Akin
March 19, 1942 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 of a paternal grandmotherVirginia D “Jennie” Shemwell
November 26, 1947 (Age 29 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherEdward M Richardson
December 17, 1947 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 sisterWillia Maurine Richardson
December 24, 1972 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 husbandWyman Lorans Stevens
December 7, 2001 (Age 83 years)
Death January 25, 2016 (Age 97 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Lexington Cemetery
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father
William Frank Richardson
Birth: August 17, 1888 25 26Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 26, 1940Oklahoma, United States
mother
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
herself
Edra Mae Richardson
Birth: September 29, 1918 30 21Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 25, 2016Oklahoma, United States
19 months
younger sister
Willia Maurine Richardson
Birth: April 21, 1920 31 23Macomb, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 24, 1972Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Wyman Lorans Stevens - View this family
husband
Wyman Lorans Stevens
Birth: November 7, 1908Lexington, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 7, 2001Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Edra Mae Richardson
Birth: September 29, 1918 30 21Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 25, 2016Oklahoma, United States
son
Private
son
Private

Edra Mae Richardson has 14 first cousins recorded

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