The Shemwell Family

Walter James Leonard Jr.Age: 76 years19051981

Name
Walter James Leonard Jr.
Given names
Walter James
Surname
Leonard
Name suffix
Jr.
Birth January 12, 1905 29 27
Birth of a brotherArthur Gregory Leonard
February 10, 1907 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Helen Leonard
January 16, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Census May 3, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMalinda Clementine Earnhardt
October 8, 1913 (Age 8 years)

Birth of a brotherRupert Alexander Leonard
March 15, 1915 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 12 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 11 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 12 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 15 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Edwin Leonard
November 15, 1923 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James Allen Leonard
September 5, 1925 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Garrett Douglas Leonard
November 3, 1926 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sonJames Allen Leonard
November 20, 1926 (Age 21 years)
Death of a motherAnnie Lousetta Hartman
July 10, 1928 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Kenneth Lamar Leonard
April 1933 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonKenneth Lamar Leonard
February 3, 1934 (Age 29 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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 45 years)
Census April 4, 1950 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 51 years)
Death of a brotherStahle Hartman Leonard
March 3, 1965 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherRupert Alexander Leonard
July 8, 1971 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 73 years)
Death January 31, 1981 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Montlawn Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: November 10, 1896Catawba, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Ola Ruth Leonard
Birth: November 20, 1898 23 21Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1989Rowan, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Thelma O Leonard
Birth: August 31, 1903 28 26Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 2, 1950Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
16 months
himself
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 Winnie Bertha Allen - View this family
himself
Walter James Leonard Jr.
Birth: January 12, 1905 29 27Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1981Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States
wife
son
James Allen Leonard
Birth: September 5, 1925 20 19Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 20, 1926Rowan, North Carolina, United States
14 months
son
Garrett Douglas Leonard
Birth: November 3, 1926 21 21Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 11, 2001Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States
son
Private
son
Kenneth Lamar Leonard
Birth: April 1933 28 27Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 3, 1934Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Walter James Leonard Jr. has 9 first cousins recorded

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 - Walter James Leonard Jr. - Household

Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Leonard, Walter JheadMW22M19NCNCNCAgentInsurance
Leonard, W BerthawifeFW22M19NCNCNC
Leonard, GarrettsonMW3-5mSNCNCNC