The Shemwell Family

Ruby Hazel SampsonAge: 38 years19061944

Name
Ruby Hazel Sampson
Given names
Ruby Hazel
Surname
Sampson
Married name
Ruby Hazel Tate
Birth March 1, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageBennett Burton TateView this family
estimated 1921 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Norman Derwood Tate
March 12, 1922 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a son
#2
David Burton Tate
February 22, 1926 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 3, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Jimmie Ray Tate
August 8, 1943 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 April 13, 1944 (Age 38 years)
Census May 1, 1950 (6 years after death)
Family with Bennett Burton Tate - View this family
husband
herself
Ruby Hazel Sampson
Birth: March 1, 1906Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 13, 1944Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: estimated 1921
14 months
son
Norman Derwood Tate
Birth: March 12, 1922 19 16Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 14, 1981
4 years
son
David Burton Tate
Birth: February 22, 1926 23 19Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 2, 2008Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
17 years
son
Jimmie Ray Tate
Birth: August 8, 1943 40 37Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, United States
Death: May 31, 1961Fairfield, Lake, Illinois, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Bennett Burton Tate - Household

Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tate, Bennett BheadMW27M18KYKYKYMinerCoal Mine
Tate, Ruby HwifeFW25M16KYKYKY
Tate, Norman DsonMW8SKYKYKY
Tate, David BsonMW4SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Bennett Burton Tate - Household

Hugher Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tate, Bennett BXheadMW38MKYSame PlaceDry CleanerPrivate Party
Tate, RubywifeFW36MKYSame Place
Tate, NormansonMW18SKYSame PlaceNew Worker
Tate, DavidsonMW14SKYSame Place

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Bennett Burton Tate - Household

Grover, Wayne, Illinois

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Tate, Bennett BheadMW47MarKYOperatesCleaning Shop
Tate, Ruby HazelwifeFW46MarKY
Tate, James RaysonMW6NevIN