The Shemwell Family

Leta Belle GinnAge: 84 years19061991

Name
Leta Belle Ginn
Given names
Leta Belle
Surname
Ginn
Married name
Leta Belle Cherry
Birth December 7, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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/
MarriageDon Carlos CherryView this family
estimated 1924 (Age 17 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Billie Claire Cherry
January 18, 1925 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 23 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 43 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 husbandDon Carlos Cherry
May 15, 1967 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 January 4, 1991 (Age 84 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Granbury Cemetery
Family with Don Carlos Cherry - View this family
husband
Don Carlos Cherry
Birth: August 12, 1902 23 21Hood, Texas, United States
Death: May 15, 1967Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: estimated 1924
13 months
daughter
Billie Claire Cherry
Birth: January 18, 1925 22 18Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: April 6, 1998Cresson, Hood, Texas, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Cherry, Don CheadMW27M21TXTNTXSalesmanDrug Store
Cherry, Leta BwifeFW23M17TXGATX
Cherry, Billie CdaughterFW5MTXTXTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Don Carlos Cherry - Household

16 W Pearl Street Granbury, Hood, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Cherry, DonheadMW37MTXGranburyHoodTXDruggest
Cherry, LetawifeFW32MTXsame placeClerkDrug Store
Cherry, BilliedaughterFW15MTXsame place