The Shemwell Family

Anna Fay CooperAge: 82 years19011983

Name
Anna Fay Cooper
Given names
Anna Fay
Surname
Cooper
Married name
Anna Fay Herron
Birth August 5, 1901 50 40
MarriageCarlisle Mitchell HerronView this family
unknown

Census April 28, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Sharp Givens
August 14, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Cook “Willie” Cooper
April 6, 1911 (Age 9 years)
Cause: Nerves Trouble
Death of a brotherWilliam J “Willie” Cooper
March 30, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 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 15 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 16 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 19, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 6, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 motherHarriet Henry Givens
March 27, 1947 (Age 45 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 brotherJohn Robert Cooper Sr.
September 9, 1957 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandCarlisle Mitchell Herron
April 22, 1960 (Age 58 years)
Death of a brotherDon Edward Cooper
1974 (Age 72 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 brotherDouglas Cooper
August 1979 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterSusan Catherine “Susie” Cooper
October 13, 1979 (Age 78 years)

Death September 20, 1983 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1879
3 years
elder brother
J P Cooper
Birth: October 7, 1881 30 20Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 18, 1883Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
18 months
elder brother
John Robert Cooper Sr.
Birth: April 12, 1883 32 22Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 9, 1957Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
21 months
elder sister
Harriet Hazel “Hattie” Cooper
Birth: January 19, 1885 33 23Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 28, 1887Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Margaret Louise Cooper
Birth: January 29, 1887 35 25Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 4, 1899Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
William J “Willie” Cooper
Birth: February 25, 1889 38 27Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 30, 1914Henry, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Don Edward Cooper
Birth: September 8, 1891 40 30Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: 1974
2 years
elder brother
Douglas Cooper
Birth: September 13, 1893 42 32Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1979Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
4 years
herself
Anna Fay Cooper
Birth: August 5, 1901 50 40Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 20, 1983Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Family with Carlisle Mitchell Herron - View this family
husband
Carlisle Mitchell Herron
Birth: September 17, 1895Fayette, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 22, 1960Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Anna Fay Cooper
Birth: August 5, 1901 50 40Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 20, 1983Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage:

Anna Fay Cooper has 6 first cousins recorded

Mother's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Cook “Willie” Cooper - Household

Dresden & Parir Road Henry, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cooper, WilliamheadMW59M131TNVAVAFarmerGeneral Farm
Givens, HarrietwifeFW49M131107TNTNTN
Cooper, William JrsonMW21STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome farm
Cooper, DouglassonMW16STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome farm
Cooper, NelliedaughterFW14STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome farm
Cooper, SusiedaughterFW12STNTNTNFarm LaborerHome farm
Cooper, FaydaughterFW8STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Harriet Henry Givens - Household

Coleman Ave Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cooper, Harriet HheadFW58WdTNTNTN
Cooper, Don EsonMW28STNTNTNMerchantMotor Car Co.
Cooper, DouglassonMW26MTNTNTNMechanicAutomobile
Cooper, Susie CdaughterFW22MTNTNTNOperatorTelegraph
Cooper, Anna FdaughterFW18MTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Harriet Henry Givens - Household

3238 Coleman Ave Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cooper, Harriet HheadFW69WdTNTNTN
Cooper, Don EsonMW38STNTNTNLaborerAuto factory
Cooper, Susie CdaughterFW32DTNTNTN
Cooper, Fay AdaughterFW28STNTNTNStenographerHospital