The Shemwell Family

Matilda CrucittAge: 96 years19162012

Name
Matilda Crucitt
Given names
Matilda
Surname
Crucitt
Married name
Matilda Lewis
Birth January 5, 1916
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
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 23 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/
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
MarriageJames Aubrey LewisView this family
August 15, 1934 (Age 18 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Maude Ann Lewis
November 3, 1935 (Age 19 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 24 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 14, 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 husbandJames Aubrey Lewis
October 14, 1974 (Age 58 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 November 11, 2012 (Age 96 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery
Family with James Aubrey Lewis - View this family
husband
James Aubrey Lewis
Birth: 1906 25 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 14, 1974Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
herself
Marriage: August 15, 1934
15 months
daughter
Maude Ann Lewis
Birth: November 3, 1935 29 19Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Death: December 24, 2012Otsego, Allegan, Michigan, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Aubrey Lewis - Household

5161 Van Dyke Ave Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Lewis, AubreyheadMW34MKYMichiganLaborerPorcelian & Enamel Company
Lewis, MatildawifeFW24MMIMichigan
Lewis, Maude AdaughterFW4SMI

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - James Aubrey Lewis - Household

3447 Gray Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Lewis, James AheadMW44MarKYPlant SupertendantPorcelin Enamelling Finishing
Lewis, Matilda CwifeFW34MarMI
Lewis, AnndaughterFW14NevMI