The Shemwell Family

Lillian Izora WeaksAge: 70 years18811952

Name
Lillian Izora Weaks
Given names
Lillian Izora
Surname
Weaks
Married name
Lillian Izora Wilson
Birth December 25, 1881 19 23
Birth of a brotherLurton Edgar Weaks
1884 (Age 2 years)
Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a sisterZula Ann Weaks
March 22, 1886 (Age 4 years)
Address: Erin, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Birth of a sisterAlpha Omega Weaks
June 14, 1888 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherJohnny Frederick Weaks
April 11, 1890 (Age 8 years)
Death of a brotherJohnny Frederick Weaks
April 26, 1891 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterAlpha Omega Weaks
May 9, 1891 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Preston Weaks
February 20, 1892 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Herman Weaks
December 30, 1893 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMahalia Adeline Dodd
before October 1896 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEmily Winifred Gross
April 30, 1898 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 16 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 18 years)
MarriageWilliam Canada Wilson Sr.View this family
June 5, 1904 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lyndall Lucille Wilson
1905 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Canada Wilson Jr.
September 20, 1907 (Age 25 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 28 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Canada Wilson Jr.
June 21, 1914 (Age 32 years)

Death of a fatherMark Monroe Weaks
October 1, 1915 (Age 33 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherAllen Levi Weaks
October 27, 1915 (Age 33 years)
Death of a husbandWilliam Canada Wilson Sr.
May 2, 1916 (Age 34 years)
Cause: TB
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 34 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 35 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 36 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 brotherWilliam Preston Weaks
August 22, 1929 (Age 47 years)
Cause: peritinitis
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 47 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 2, 1930 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherGeorgia Ann Shemwell
October 25, 1934 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 59 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 68 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 64 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 24, 1952 (Age 70 years)
Cause of death: pneumonia
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 2, 1878Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
22 months
elder sister
17 months
herself
Lillian Izora Weaks
Birth: December 25, 1881 19 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 24, 1952Elvins, St. Francois, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
Lurton Edgar Weaks
Birth: 1884 21 25Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 14, 1959Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger sister
Zula Ann Weaks
Birth: March 22, 1886 24 27Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1966
2 years
younger sister
Alpha Omega Weaks
Birth: June 14, 1888 26 30Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 9, 1891Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
Johnny Frederick Weaks
Birth: April 11, 1890 28 31Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 26, 1891Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
22 months
younger brother
William Preston Weaks
Birth: February 20, 1892 30 33Palmyra, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 22, 1929Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
22 months
younger brother
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself
Lillian Izora Weaks
Birth: December 25, 1881 19 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 24, 1952Elvins, St. Francois, Missouri, United States
Family with William Canada Wilson Sr. - View this family
husband
herself
Lillian Izora Weaks
Birth: December 25, 1881 19 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 24, 1952Elvins, St. Francois, Missouri, United States
Marriage: June 5, 1904Houston, Tennessee, United States
19 months
daughter
3 years
son
William Canada Wilson Jr.
Birth: September 20, 1907 30 25Tennessee, United States
Death: June 21, 1914

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Mark Monroe Weaks - Household

Civil District 4 Midway town Houston, Tennessee, USA

NameRelationRaceSexDOBAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYUSYOIN/AOccupationMnsUEduEng?Home
Mark Monroe WeaksHeadWMJan 186238M20--TNTNTN___ StoveYO-M-H
Georgia Ann WeakswifeWFApr 186040M2096TNKYTNY
Lillian Izora WeaksdaughterWFDec 188116S---TNTNTNY
Lurton Edgar WeakssonWMMay 188515S---TNTNTNY
Zula Ann WeaksdaughterWFMar 188614S---TNTNTNY
William Preston WeakssonWMFeb 18928S---TNTNTNY
Robert Herman WeakssonWMDec 18936S---TNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Canada Wilson Sr. - Household

Erin, Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wilson, William CheadMW30M15TNTNTNSalesmanGrocery Store
Wilson, Lillian IwifeFW28M1522TNTNTN
Wilson, Lyndall LdaughterFW4STNTNTN
Wilson, Williie JrsonMW2STNTNTN
Wilson, Frank GboarderMW25STNTNTNRailroadBrakeman

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Georgia Ann Shemwell - Household

Canalou, New Madrid, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Weaks, Georgia AheadFW71WdTNILTN
Wilson, Lillian IdaughterFW47WdTNTNTNProprietorRestaurant
Weaks, Leraun Agrand daughterFW21SMOTNKYTeacherPublic School
Weaks, Agatha Bgrand daughterFW19SMOTNKY
Davis, MiluslodgerMW35M30MOILMOTeacherPublic School
Davis, WynettelodgerFW24M19ARARARTeacherPublic School