The Shemwell Family

Birdie Monica LancasterAge: 91 years19152007

Name
Birdie Monica Lancaster
Given names
Birdie Monica
Surname
Lancaster
Married name
Birdie Monica Mannahan
Married name
Birdie Monica Barnett
Note: Middle name - Moneyco?
Birth October 31, 1915 59 21
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 months)

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 brotherForrest Bill Lancaster
May 4, 1918 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 2 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 February 18, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterPerline Lancaster
March 4, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMartha Jane “Marvy” Lancaster
December 7, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Death of a motherJulia Ethel Choate
April 11, 1922 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAnnie “Louise” Lancaster
May 13, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 28, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Barbara Ewing Mannahan
March 14, 1937 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Lysander Choate
June 11, 1938 (Age 22 years)
Census April 27, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Merriville Ann “Mary” Barnett
March 29, 1942 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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
Birth of a daughter
#3
Ruth Elaine Barnett
April 22, 1946 (Age 30 years)
Census April 17, 1950 (Age 34 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Franklin Lancaster
December 17, 1950 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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
Marriage of a childDavid Gene LancasterMerriville Ann “Mary” BarnettView this family
October 29, 1965 (Age 49 years)

Birth of a grandson
#1
John Lacy Cline
January 4, 1967 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 sisterPerline Lancaster
June 1976 (Age 60 years)
Death of a husbandFranklin Earl Barnett
December 9, 1988 (Age 73 years)
Death of a grandsonJohn Lacy Cline
February 7, 1998 (Age 82 years)
Death of a brotherForrest Bill Lancaster
November 23, 1998 (Age 83 years)
Death of a half-sisterAnnie “Louise” Lancaster
March 1, 2002 (Age 86 years)
Death of a daughterBarbara Ewing Mannahan
August 4, 2006 (Age 90 years)
Death June 26, 2007 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gray Cemetery #1
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1914Trigg, Kentucky, United States
22 months
herself
3 years
younger brother
22 months
younger sister
Perline Lancaster
Birth: March 4, 1920 63 26Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 1976Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
21 months
younger sister
Father’s family with Goldie Mason - View this family
father
step-mother
Goldie Mason
Birth: calculated 1907Kentucky, United States
Death: April 8, 1983Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
half-sister
Annie “Louise” Lancaster
Birth: May 13, 1927 70 20Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 1, 2002Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States
half-brother
Private
Family with Franklin Earl Barnett - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Barbara Ewing Mannahan
Birth: March 14, 1937 20 21Tennessee, United States
Death: August 4, 2006Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
5 years
daughter
Merriville Ann “Mary” Barnett
Birth: March 29, 1942 25 26Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 10, 2020Pembroke, Christian, Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Ruth Elaine Barnett
Birth: April 22, 1946 29 30Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 18, 2018Christian, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself

Birdie Monica Lancaster has 9 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (9)

Parents Jesse Smoot Sholar + Anne Rosella “Annie” Choate
2Icie Drew Sholar19162000
4Private
5Private
Parents Melvin Lee Choate + Jennie A Skinner
2Norman Lee Choate19351935
3Private
4Private
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Lancaster - Household

Combs Road Fairview, Christian, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lancaster, William FheadMW63MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral farm
Lancaster, EthelwifeFW25MKYKYKY
Lancaster, BirdiedaughterFW4SKYTNKY
Lancaster, HoaracesonMW2-2mSKYTNKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Lancaster - Household

Rural Road 1930 East Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lancaster, WilliamheadMW73M18TNTNTNFarmerGeneral farm
Lancaster, GoldiewifeFW23M18TNTNTN
Lancaster, BirdiedaughterFW14SKYTNKY
Lancaster, HoracesonMW11SKYTNKY
Lancaster, PerlinedaughterFW9SKYTNKY
Lancaster, MarveysonFW7SKYTNKY
Lancaster, Willie MaydaughterFW5SKYTNKY
Lancaster, LouisedaughterFW3-11mSKYTNKY

Martha is Marvey and listed as a son, wife Goldie is 23, Forrest is Horace again- name change? -b

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Barnett - Household

Off Hwy 96 Logan, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Barnett, FranklinheadMW23MKYFarmerFarm
Lancaster, BirdiewifeFW24MKY
Barnett, Barber EdaughterFW3STN

Name
Middle name - Moneyco?