The Shemwell Family

Evelyn EllisAge: 55 years19021957

Name
Evelyn Ellis
Given names
Evelyn
Surname
Ellis
Married name
Evelyn Wallace
Birth 1902 23 23
Birth of a brotherJudson Ellis
about 1905 (Age 3 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 8 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
Death of a brotherJudson Ellis
1917 (Age 15 years)

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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherTennessee Mahala “Tenny” Carter
August 2, 1919 (Age 17 years)
Census January 3, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJesse Edward Ellis
January 3, 1923 (Age 21 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
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
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 motherOra Melissa Wilson
September 1, 1957 (Age 55 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 December 1957 (Age 55 years)

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father
David Alvin Ellis
Birth: November 30, 1878 33 25Tennessee, United States
Death: December 29, 1958Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Ora Melissa Wilson
Birth: January 30, 1878Tennessee, United States
Death: September 1, 1957Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: about 1901
2 years
herself
4 years
younger brother
Judson Ellis
Birth: about 1905 26 26Tennessee, United States
Death: 1917
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husband
Private
herself

Evelyn Ellis has 5 first cousins recorded

Father's family (5)

Parents Ernest Burton Ellis + Neila W Hillin
2Norman Ellis1913
Parents Robert Sidney Ellis + Anna Wilma Hayes
2Private
3Private

Mother's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - David Alvin Ellis - Household

615 Franklin Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Ellis, David AheadMW31M9TNTNARClergyman
Wilson, OrawifeFW31M922TNTNTN
Ellis, EvelyndaughterFW8STNTNTN
Ellis, JudsonsonMW5STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - David Alvin Ellis - Household

462 Edick Place Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ellis, David AheadMW41MTNTNARPreacherBaptist
Ellis, OrawifeFW41MTNTNTN
Ellis, Evelyn CdaughterFW18STNTNTN
Wilson, John Ebrother in lawMW36STNTNTNFiremanCity