The Shemwell Family

Ola Ruth LeonardAge: 90 years18981989

Name
Ola Ruth Leonard
Given names
Ola Ruth
Surname
Leonard
Married name
Ola Ruth Agner
Birth November 20, 1898 23 21
Census June 19, 1900 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a brotherStahle Hartman Leonard
November 20, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Lilly Shemwell
January 30, 1903 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterThelma O Leonard
August 31, 1903 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJoseph Bentley Leonard
October 4, 1904 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a brotherWalter James Leonard Jr.
January 12, 1905 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherArthur Gregory Leonard
February 10, 1907 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Helen Leonard
January 16, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMalinda Clementine Earnhardt
October 8, 1913 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a brotherRupert Alexander Leonard
March 15, 1915 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 maternal grandfatherPinkney Alexander Hartman
August 17, 1917 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 18 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 19 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 21, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Edwin Leonard
November 15, 1923 (Age 24 years)
MarriageErnest Alexander AgnerView this family
June 14, 1924 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Evelyn Danay Agner
August 20, 1925 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Jean Annette Agner
April 28, 1928 (Age 29 years)
Death of a motherAnnie Lousetta Hartman
July 10, 1928 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 5, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 sisterThelma O Leonard
April 2, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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 fatherWalter James Leonard
August 25, 1956 (Age 57 years)
Death of a brotherStahle Hartman Leonard
March 3, 1965 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherRupert Alexander Leonard
July 8, 1971 (Age 72 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 sisterMary Helen Leonard
October 14, 1978 (Age 79 years)
Death of a brotherWalter James Leonard Jr.
January 31, 1981 (Age 82 years)
Death of a brotherArthur Gregory Leonard
June 8, 1986 (Age 87 years)
Death October 9, 1989 (Age 90 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Lutheran Church Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 10, 1896Catawba, North Carolina, United States
2 years
herself
Ola Ruth Leonard
Birth: November 20, 1898 23 21Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1989Rowan, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Thelma O Leonard
Birth: August 31, 1903 28 26Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 2, 1950Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
16 months
younger brother
Walter James Leonard Jr.
Birth: January 12, 1905 29 27Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1981Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Arthur Gregory Leonard
Birth: February 10, 1907 31 30Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 8, 1986Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Helen Leonard
Birth: January 16, 1910 34 32Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 14, 1978Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
5 years
younger brother
Rupert Alexander Leonard
Birth: March 15, 1915 39 38Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 8, 1971Renton, King, Washington, United States
9 years
younger brother
William Edwin Leonard
Birth: November 15, 1923 48 46Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 17, 2018Minnesota, United States
Family with Ernest Alexander Agner - View this family
husband
Ernest Alexander Agner
Birth: January 30, 1898Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 19, 1989Rowan, North Carolina, United States
herself
Ola Ruth Leonard
Birth: November 20, 1898 23 21Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1989Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: June 14, 1924Rowan, North Carolina, United States
14 months
daughter
Evelyn Danay Agner
Birth: August 20, 1925 27 26Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 11, 2007High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
daughter
Jean Annette Agner
Birth: April 28, 1928 30 29Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 24, 2021Matthews, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Walter James Leonard - Household

Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Leonard, Walter JheadWMJun187524M4NCNCNCClerk Dry Goods
Leonard, Annie LwifeWFJan187723M411NCNCNC
Leonard, RuthdaughterWFNov18981SNCNCNC
Moore, SuseservantBFun

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Walter James Leonard - Household

527 E Kerr Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Leonard, Walter JheadMW34M13NCNCNCSalesmanRetail Dry Goods
Leonard, AnniewifeFW33M1376NCNCNC
Leonard, RuthdaughterFW11SNCNCNC
Leonard, HartmansonMW9SNCNCNC
Leonard, ThelmadaughterFW6SNCNCNC
Leonard, WaltersonMW5SNCNCNC
Leonard, ArthursonMW3SNCNCNC
Leonard, HelendaughterFW0SNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Walter James Leonard - Household

Bringle Ferry Road Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Leonard, Walter JheadMW44MNCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Leonard, Annie LwifeFW42MNCNCNC
Leonard, Ola RdaughterFW21SNCNCNC
Leonard, Thelma OdaughterFW16SNCNCNC
Leonard, Walter JsonMW14SNCNCNC
Leonard, Arthur GsonMW12SNCNCNC
Leonard, Mary HdaughterFW10SNCNCNC
Leonard, Rupert AsonMW4-9mSNCNCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Alexander Agner - Household

529 Norris Avenue Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Agner, Ernest AheadMW32M26NCNCNCMechanicAutmobile Shop
Agner, RuthwifeFW31M25NCNCNC
Agner, Evelyn DdaughterFW4SNCNCNC
Agner, Jean AdaughterFW1-11mSNCNCNC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Alexander Agner - Household

804 Norris Ave Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Agner, Ernest AheadMW42MNCSame HouseMechanicManufactoring Ice Cream Co.
Agner, RuthXwifeFW41MNCSame House
Agner, DanaydaughterFW14SNCSame House
Agner, JeandaughterFW10SNCSame House