The Shemwell Family

Flossie Evelyn NewmanAge: 85 years19021987

Name
Flossie Evelyn Newman
Given names
Flossie Evelyn
Surname
Newman
Married name
Flossie Evelyn Gary
Birth April 29, 1902 22 23
Birth of a sisterDrucie E Newman
August 16, 1903 (Age 15 months)
Death of a sisterDrucie E Newman
April 1, 1904 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherTheodore Roosevelt “Ted” Newman
February 5, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherMoody Earl Newman
November 12, 1906 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherDavid Austin Newman
December 5, 1908 (Age 6 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherHoyt Spurgeon Newman
February 15, 1911 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Young Newman
November 6, 1911 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherLewis D “L D” Newman
September 22, 1912 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterMable Pearl Newman
December 20, 1914 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterEmma Idell Newman
October 10, 1916 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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
Birth of a brotherJames O'Neal “J O” Newman
December 27, 1918 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 15 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 15, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEmma J Cornette
January 2, 1921 (Age 18 years)
MarriageThomas Aaron GaryView this family
December 23, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a brotherPhillip Karl Newman
June 21, 1923 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherPhillip Karl Newman
August 8, 1928 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 10, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Anna Evelyn Gary
April 15, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Death of a husbandThomas Aaron Gary
November 3, 1931 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Jane Aaron Gary
January 14, 1932 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 grandson
#1
David Glenn Eades
April 8, 1952 (Age 49 years)

Death of a motherAnnie Elizabeth O'Neal
May 27, 1952 (Age 50 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Roger Dale Eades
May 22, 1953 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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
Birth of a grandson
#3
Phillip Aaron Eades
October 13, 1954 (Age 52 years)
Death of a grandsonPhillip Aaron Eades
January 2, 1961 (Age 58 years)
Death of a fatherLewis Garfield Newman
February 2, 1965 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childJohn Alvin RussellJane Aaron GaryView this family
December 3, 1974 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 sisterMable Pearl Newman
May 8, 1980 (Age 78 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Arvel Newman
October 12, 1983 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherMoody Earl Newman
January 2, 1984 (Age 81 years)
Death of a brotherHoyt Spurgeon Newman
February 1, 1985 (Age 82 years)
Death October 17, 1987 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 24, 1899Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
10 months
elder brother
William Arvel Newman
Birth: October 24, 1900 20 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 12, 1983Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
18 months
herself
Flossie Evelyn Newman
Birth: April 29, 1902 22 23Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 17, 1987Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
16 months
younger sister
Drucie E Newman
Birth: August 16, 1903 23 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 1904Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
18 months
younger brother
Theodore Roosevelt “Ted” Newman
Birth: February 5, 1905 25 26Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 17, 1995Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
21 months
younger brother
Moody Earl Newman
Birth: November 12, 1906 26 28Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 2, 1984Drakesboro, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
David Austin Newman
Birth: December 5, 1908 28 30Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 25, 1993Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Hoyt Spurgeon Newman
Birth: February 15, 1911 31 32Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 1, 1985Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
19 months
younger brother
Lewis D “L D” Newman
Birth: September 22, 1912 32 34Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 16, 1996Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Mable Pearl Newman
Birth: December 20, 1914 35 36Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 8, 1980St. Louis, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger sister
Emma Idell Newman
Birth: October 10, 1916 36 38Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 28, 2007Madsonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
James O'Neal “J O” Newman
Birth: December 27, 1918 39 40Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 16, 1994Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger brother
Phillip Karl Newman
Birth: June 21, 1923 43 45Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 8, 1928Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with Thomas Aaron Gary - View this family
husband
herself
Flossie Evelyn Newman
Birth: April 29, 1902 22 23Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 17, 1987Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: December 23, 1922Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
7 years
daughter
Anna Evelyn Gary
Birth: April 15, 1930 29 27Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 7, 2014Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
21 months
daughter
Jane Aaron Gary
Birth: January 14, 1932 31 29Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 2, 2021Prospect, Giles, Tennessee, United States

Flossie Evelyn Newman has 2 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Mother's family (2)

Parents John Thomas “Tom” Wyatt + Ora B O'Neal
2Annie Wyatt19031904
Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Garfield Newman - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Newman, Lewis GheadMW30M10KYKYVAFarmerGeneral Farm
Newman, AnniewifeFW32M1065KYKYKY
Newman, ArdelsonMW9SKYKYKY
Newman, FlosseydaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Newman, TheodoresonMW5SKYKYKY
Newman, EarlsonMW3SKYKYKY
Newman, AustinsonMW1SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Lewis Garfield Newman - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Newman, Louis GheadMW40MKYKYVAFarmerGeneral Farm
Newman, AnniewifeFW41MKYKYKY
Newman, ArvelsonMW19SKYKYKY
Newman, FlossiedaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Newman, TheodoresonMW15SKYKYKY
Newman, MoodysonMW13SKYKYKY
Newman, AustinsonMW11SKYKYKY
Newman, HoytsonMW8SKYKYKY
Newman, L DsonMW7SKYKYKY
Newman, MabledaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Newman, IdelledaughterFW4-3mSKYKYKY
Newman, OnealsonMW1-2mSKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Aaron Gary - Household

Means? Ave Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gary, AaronheadMW29M21KYKYKYLog manLumber
Gary, FlossiewifeFW27M20KYKYKY