The Shemwell Family

Ione RobinsonAge: 89 years18881978

Name
Ione Robinson
Given names
Ione
Surname
Robinson
Married name
Ione Gilliam
Birth August 7, 1888 20
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 27 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 28 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 29 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/
MarriageRasmus Elden GilliamView this family
about 1929 (Age 40 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 41 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 30, 1930 (Age 41 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 53 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 husbandRasmus Elden Gilliam
October 6, 1952 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 61 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 57 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 June 1, 1978 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
herself
Ione Robinson
Birth: August 7, 1888 20Kentucky, United States
Death: June 1, 1978Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Family with Rasmus Elden Gilliam - View this family
husband
herself
Ione Robinson
Birth: August 7, 1888 20Kentucky, United States
Death: June 1, 1978Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1929
Rasmus Elden Gilliam + Mary Chester Gant - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: about 1899
7 years
step-son
Paul Gant Gilliam
Birth: September 1, 1905 27 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 13, 1991Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
step-daughter
3 years
step-son
James Hugh Gilliam
Birth: April 23, 1911 33 30Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death:
4 years
step-son
Rasmus Elden Gilliam Jr.
Birth: September 11, 1915 37 35Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 21, 2002
23 months
step-daughter
Janie Ruth Gilliam
Birth: August 15, 1917 39 36Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 28, 2004Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
4 years
step-son
William Alfred Gilliam
Birth: August 11, 1921 43 40Christian, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 14, 1923Christian, Kentucky, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Rasmus Elden Gilliam - Household

Christian, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gilliam, Rasmus EheadMW51M19KYKYKYMerchantDry Goods
Gilliam, Ione RobinsonwifeFW41M40KYKYKY
Gilliam, James HsonMW19SKYKYKY
Gilliam, R E Jr.sonMW14SKYKYKY
Gilliam, Jannie RdaughterFW12SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Rasmus Elden Gilliam - Household

Christian, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gilliam, R EheadMW61MKYsame placeStore KeeperGen. Merch Store
Gilliam, IonawifeFW51MKYsame place
Gilliam, R E Jr.sonMW24SKYsame placeAuto Mechanic
Robinson, Frankfather in lawMW72WdKYsame placeFarmer