Roscoe Otis ShaverAge: 67 years1894–1962
- Name
- Roscoe Otis Shaver
- Given names
- Roscoe Otis
- Surname
- Shaver
 Birth | September 1, 1894 22 20 |
 Birth of a brother | Cecil Porter Shaver October 14, 1895 (Age 13 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Tressie I Shaver February 25, 1897 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 3 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 |
| Birth of a brother | Carl Shaver September 16, 1898 (Age 4 years) |
 Census | June 20, 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Raymond Elbert Shaver December 7, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Helen Faye Shaver June 4, 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Hilda Shaver June 4, 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Hilda Shaver June 4, 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a brother | Carl Shaver August 2, 1902 (Age 7 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1910 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 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 grandmother | Lucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish February 3, 1918 (Age 23 years) |
| Death of a brother | Cecil Porter Shaver March 11, 1918 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 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 23 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 | March 23, 1920 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Joseph Howard “Joe” Cherry February 7, 1928 (Age 33 years) |
 Marriage | Retta Bowman Oliver — View this family November 10, 1928 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 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 18, 1930 (Age 35 years) |
| Census | May 8, 1940 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 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 55 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 father | Leonard Carroll Shaver December 4, 1956 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 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 19, 1962 (Age 67 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Leonard Carroll Shaver Birth: March 6, 1872 — Tennessee, United States Death: December 4, 1956 — Hood, Texas, United States |
| mother |
Ethel Cherry Birth: December 18, 1873 22 30 — Tennessee, United States Death: August 20, 1962 — Hood, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1893 — |
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20 months himself |
Roscoe Otis Shaver Birth: September 1, 1894 22 20 — Texas, United States Death: June 19, 1962 — Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States |
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13 months younger brother |
Cecil Porter Shaver Birth: October 14, 1895 23 21 — Texas, United States Death: March 11, 1918 |
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16 months younger sister |
Tressie I Shaver Birth: February 25, 1897 24 23 — Texas, United States Death: July 10, 1981 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
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19 months younger brother |
Carl Shaver Birth: September 16, 1898 26 24 — Texas, United States Death: August 2, 1902 |
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2 years younger brother |
Raymond Elbert Shaver Birth: December 7, 1900 28 26 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: December 1, 1972 — New Braunfels, Comal, Texas, United States |
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18 months younger sister |
Helen Faye Shaver Birth: June 4, 1902 30 28 — Texas, United States Death: April 25, 1989 — Erath, Texas, United States |
| younger sister |
Hilda Shaver Birth: June 4, 1902 30 28 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States Death: June 4, 1902 — Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States |
| Family with Retta Bowman Oliver |
| himself |
Roscoe Otis Shaver Birth: September 1, 1894 22 20 — Texas, United States Death: June 19, 1962 — Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Retta Bowman Oliver Birth: about 1908 — Texas, United States Death: July 14, 1991 |
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Marriage: November 10, 1928 — Brownwood, Brown, Texas, United States |
| Henry Carleton Brown + Retta Bowman Oliver |
| wife’s husband |
Henry Carleton Brown Death: |
| wife |
Retta Bowman Oliver Birth: about 1908 — Texas, United States Death: July 14, 1991 |
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Marriage: — |
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| step-son |
James Nebron Shaver Birth: July 24, 1925 17 — Texas, United States Death: July 25, 1958 — Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States |
Roscoe Otis Shaver has 15 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (15)
Parents Joseph Parish Cherry + Oma Parks
Parents Joseph Parish Cherry + Lillian Earle “Rena” Bennett
Parents John W Musick + Cuca Cherry
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Carroll Shaver - Household
Justice, Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Carroll Shaver - Household
Justice, Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Carroll Shaver - Household
Tolar, Hood, Texas
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Roscoe Otis Shaver - Household
Green Loaf Street Brownwood, Brown, Texas
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Roscoe Otis Shaver - Household
Brownwood, Brown, Texas
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