The Shemwell Family

Charles Thomas NicholsAge: 59 years19161976

Name
Charles Thomas Nichols
Given names
Charles Thomas
Surname
Nichols
Birth June 21, 1916 23 20
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 6 months)

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 18 months)

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 paternal grandfatherCharles Wade “Charley” Nichols
August 30, 1924 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Waymon Nichols
February 27, 1925 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 13 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSallie Jane McMillan
January 10, 1945 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 maternal grandmotherSarah Clementine Jackson
November 18, 1946 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 fatherCharles Carlisle Nichols
April 2, 1960 (Age 43 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas R Rushing
December 1966 (Age 50 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 15, 1976 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens
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father
Charles Carlisle Nichols
Birth: April 5, 1893 20 18Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 2, 1960Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
mother
Nancy Jane Rushing
Birth: May 11, 1896 32 36Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 9, 1984Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Marriage: September 18, 1915Houston, Tennessee, United States
9 months
himself
Charles Thomas Nichols
Birth: June 21, 1916 23 20Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 15, 1976Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
9 years
younger brother
Family with Wynell Lavelle Hanna - View this family
himself
Charles Thomas Nichols
Birth: June 21, 1916 23 20Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 15, 1976Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
wife
Wynell Lavelle Hanna
Birth: April 6, 1926 32 28Tennessee, United States
Death: April 29, 2009Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Carlisle Nichols - Household

216 Hollywood Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Nichols, Charles CheadMW37M21TNTNTNRe-??Screen Door
Nichols, NancywifeFW35M19TNTNTN
Nichols, CharlessonMW13STNTNTN
Nichols, WilliamsonMW5STNTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Carlisle Nichols - Household

2530 Apt 1 Howard St. Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Nichols, Charles CheadMW46MTNSame placeLaundry Truck DriverLaundry
Nichols, Nancy JXwifeFW43MTNSame place
Nichols, Charles TsonMW23STNSame place
Nichols, William WsonMW15STNSame place
McMillan, Clementinemother in lawFW80WdTNSame place
McMillan, GraceXauntFW59STNSame place
McMillan, BirdieXauntFW55STNSame place