The Shemwell Family

Lola Bell LacyAge: 90 years18831973

Name
Lola Bell Lacy
Given names
Lola Bell
Surname
Lacy
Married name
Lola Bell Forster
Birth March 1, 1883 23 21
Birth of a brotherShandy Holland Lacy
January 28, 1886 (Age 2 years)
Death of a brotherShandy Holland Lacy
October 26, 1888 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a brotherElvin Milton Lacy
March 24, 1892 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 15 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 12, 1900 (Age 17 years)
MarriageRobert Emmett ForsterView this family
calculated 1910 (Age 26 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Lacy Edward Forster
November 29, 1910 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 32 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 33 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 34 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 maternal grandfatherShandy Walker Holland
March 11, 1919 (Age 36 years)
Cause: typhoid fever
Death of a maternal grandmotherClara Dent
July 8, 1919 (Age 36 years)
Census January 24, 1920 (Age 36 years)
Death of a husbandRobert Emmett Forster
March 8, 1923 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 46 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 22, 1930 (Age 47 years)
Census May 18, 1940 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 58 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
Marriage of a childLacy Edward ForsterDorothy Caroline MooreView this family
June 5, 1946 (Age 63 years)
Death of a fatherEthan Hannibal Lacy
May 17, 1948 (Age 65 years)
Death of a motherMary Adeline “Addie” Holland
January 14, 1949 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 66 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 62 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 October 30, 1973 (Age 90 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Versailles Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Ethan Hannibal Lacy
Birth: March 28, 1859Quincy, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: May 17, 1948Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: December 23, 1880Missouri, United States
2 years
herself
3 years
younger brother
Shandy Holland Lacy
Birth: January 28, 1886 26 23Quincy, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: October 26, 1888Quincy, Hickory, Missouri, United States
6 years
younger brother
Elvin Milton Lacy
Birth: March 24, 1892 32 30Quincy, Hickory, Missouri, United States
Death: January 12, 1979Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Robert Emmett Forster - View this family
husband
Robert Emmett Forster
Birth: April 18, 1879 60 38Morgan, Missouri, United States
Death: March 8, 1923Versailles, Morgan, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage: calculated 1910
11 months
son
Lacy Edward Forster
Birth: November 29, 1910 31 27Morgan, Missouri, United States
Death: January 11, 1998Jessup, Howard, Maryland, United States

Lola Bell Lacy has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Ethan Hannibal Lacy - Household

Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Lacy, Ethan HheadWMMar185941M19MOALMOFarmer
Holland, Mary AwifeWFJan186238M1932MOKYMO
Lacy, Lola BdaughterWFMar188317SMOMOMOAt School
Lacy, Elvin MsonWMMar18928SMOMOMOAt School

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Emmett Forster - Household

Gum Spring Road Moreau, Morgan, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Forster, Robert EheadMW41MMOENGWIFarmerGeneral Farm
Forster, Lola BwifeFW37MMOMOMO
Forster, Lacy EsonMW9SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ethan Hannibal Lacy - Household

Wheatland, Hickory, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lacy, E HannibalheadMW71M21MOALMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Lacy, Mary AwifeFW68M18MOKYMO
Forster, Lola BdaughterFW47M27MOMOMO
Forster, LacygrandsonMW19SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lola Bell Lacy - Household

Moreau, Morgan, Missouri

NameInfoRelationInfoHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Forster, LolaXheadFW57WdMOSame HouseFarmerFarm
Forster, LacysonMW29SMOSame HouseFarm LaborerFarm