The Shemwell Family

Victor JarvisAge: 88 years19162004

Name
Victor Jarvis
Given names
Victor
Surname
Jarvis
Birth March 25, 1916 26 27
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
Birth of a brotherJewel Jarvis
April 15, 1918 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 21 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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Winfred Reed
May 23, 1919 (Age 3 years)
Census January 20, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherGraydon Jarvis
May 25, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterDoris Jarvis
May 25, 1922 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterEvelyn Jarvis
March 22, 1924 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterCharlotte Jarvis
January 21, 1926 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Eldridge Jarvis Jr.
October 2, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Eldridge Jarvis Jr.
April 6, 1929 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherBlake Jarvis
August 3, 1929 (Age 13 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 8, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Michael Dennis Jarvis
October 5, 1944 (Age 28 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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 34 years)
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
Death of a fatherGeorge Eldridge Jarvis
December 31, 1965 (Age 49 years)
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 motherPearl Reed
July 25, 1978 (Age 62 years)
Death of a brotherJewel Jarvis
May 8, 1982 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterDoris Jarvis
September 2, 1994 (Age 78 years)
Death of a wifeLela Yvonne Willingham
August 24, 2001 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sisterCharlotte Jarvis
February 19, 2003 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherBlake Jarvis
August 18, 2003 (Age 87 years)
Death December 13, 2004 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
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mother
elder sister
Nellie Jarvis
Birth: December 25, 1914 24 26Marshall, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 4, 1915Marshall, Kentucky, United States
15 months
himself
Victor Jarvis
Birth: March 25, 1916 26 27Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 13, 2004Graves, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Jewel Jarvis
Birth: April 15, 1918 28 29Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 8, 1982Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Graydon Jarvis
Birth: May 25, 1920 30 31Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 20, 2005Graves, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Doris Jarvis
Birth: May 25, 1922 32 33Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 2, 1994Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
22 months
younger sister
Evelyn Jarvis
Birth: March 22, 1924 34 35Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 30, 2016Kentucky, United States
22 months
younger sister
Charlotte Jarvis
Birth: January 21, 1926 36 37Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 19, 2003Kuttawa, Lyon, Kentucky, United States
20 months
younger brother
George Eldridge Jarvis Jr.
Birth: October 2, 1927 37 38Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 6, 1929McCracken, Kentucky, United States
22 months
younger brother
Blake Jarvis
Birth: August 3, 1929 39 40Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 18, 2003McCracken, Kentucky, United States
sister
Private
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himself
Victor Jarvis
Birth: March 25, 1916 26 27Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 13, 2004Graves, Kentucky, United States
wife
Lela Yvonne Willingham
Birth: March 14, 1919 25 20Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 24, 2001Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Michael Dennis Jarvis
Birth: October 5, 1944 28 25Graves, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 20, 2012McCracken, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
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Victor Jarvis has 10 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - George Eldridge Jarvis - Household

Symsonia, Graves, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Jarvis, George EheadMW30MKYNCNCFarmerGeneral farm
Jarvis, PearlwifeFW31MKYKYKY
Jarvis, VictorsonMW3-9mMKYKYKY
Jarvis, JewelsonMW1-8mMKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Eldridge Jarvis - Household

Graves, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Jarvis, GeorgeheadMW40M25KYNCNCFarmerGeneral farm
Jarvis, PearlwifeFW41M26KYKYKY
Jarvis, VictorsonMW14SKYKYKY
Jarvis, JewelsonMW12SKYKYKY
Jarvis, GraydonsonMW10SKYKYKY
Jarvis, DorisdaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Jarvis, EvelyndaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Jarvis, CharlottedaughterFW4SKYKYKY
Jarvis, BlakesonMW6mSKYKYKY
Reed, Almirasister in lawFW39SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Victor Jarvis - Household

Graves, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Jarvis, VictorheadMW24MKYRGravesKYCarpenterTVA construction
Jarvis, YvonneXwifeFW21MKYRGravesKY