The Shemwell Family

Ruth Elizabeth BuckAge: 75 years18961971

Name
Ruth Elizabeth Buck
Given names
Ruth Elizabeth
Surname
Buck
Married name
Ruth Elizabeth Casey
Birth 1896 31 25
Birth of a sisterTheade Cornelia Buck
March 11, 1898 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 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 brotherWilliam Lee Buck
June 3, 1900 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJames May “Jim” Buck
March 8, 1902 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherRev. John Milton Buck
October 7, 1904 (Age 8 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a sisterEstella Mae Buck
October 13, 1910 (Age 14 years)
MarriageFloyd Osborn CaseyView this family
estimated 1915 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Clarence J Casey
July 27, 1915 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 20 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#2
Floyd Casey
January 9, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Floy Casey
January 9, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sonFloyd Casey
January 9, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Death of a daughterFloy Casey
January 9, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#4
William Leslie Casey
August 12, 1918 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 21 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 22 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 9, 1920 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 maternal grandfatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 36 years)
Death of a fatherThomas L “Tom” Buck
March 12, 1943 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Cheryl Christina Casey
May 11, 1944 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 motherLucy McKinsey Cherry
November 10, 1948 (Age 52 years)
Cause: Stomach cancer
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Linda Sue Casey
October 20, 1949 (Age 53 years)

Death of a husbandFloyd Osborn Casey
October 22, 1952 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 54 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
Birth of a grandson
#3
William Joe “Bill” Casey
November 27, 1955 (Age 59 years)
Death of a brotherJames May “Jim” Buck
March 28, 1964 (Age 68 years)
Death of a brotherRev. John Milton Buck
May 5, 1969 (Age 73 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 50 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 1971 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1895
2 years
herself
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
William Lee Buck
Birth: June 3, 1900 35 29Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 16, 1986Tarrant, Texas, United States
21 months
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
Rev. John Milton Buck
Birth: October 7, 1904 39 34Hood, Texas, United States
Death: May 5, 1969Hood, Texas, United States
6 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Willie Ann Basham - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: estimated 1887
1 year
half-sister
Willie Pearl Buck
Birth: December 28, 1887 23Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 10, 1888Hood, Texas, United States
Family with Floyd Osborn Casey - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: estimated 1915
7 months
son
Clarence J Casey
Birth: July 27, 1915 22 19Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: May 25, 1996Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, United States
17 months
son
Floyd Casey
Birth: January 9, 1917 24 21Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: January 9, 1917Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
daughter
Floy Casey
Birth: January 9, 1917 24 21Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: January 9, 1917Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
19 months
son
William Leslie Casey
Birth: August 12, 1918 25 22Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: March 1981Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States

Ruth Elizabeth Buck has 31 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas L Buck - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Buck, ThomasheadMW45M214ARGAGAFarmer
Buck, LucywifeFW39M11455TNTNTN
Buck, RuthdaughterFW13STXARTNFarm laborerHome farm
Buck, TheadousdaughterFW12STXARTNFarm laborerHome farm
Buck, LeesonMW9STXARTNFarm laborerHome farm
Buck, JamessonMW8STXARTNFarm laborerHome farm
Buck, MiltonsonMW5STXARTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Floyd O Casey - Household

2518 Market Ave. Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Casey, Floyd OheadMW27MGAGAGAMachinistPacking? Houde
Casey, RuthwifeFW22MTXARTN
Casey, Clarence JsonMW4STXGATX
Casey, LesliesonMW1-9mSTXGATX