The Shemwell Family

Raymond Elbert ShaverAge: 71 years19001972

Name
Raymond Elbert Shaver
Given names
Raymond Elbert
Surname
Shaver
Birth December 7, 1900 28 26
Birth of a sisterHelen Faye Shaver
June 4, 1902 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterHilda Shaver
June 4, 1902 (Age 17 months)
Death of a sisterHilda Shaver
June 4, 1902 (Age 17 months)
Death of a brotherCarl Shaver
August 2, 1902 (Age 19 months)

Census April 23, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 grandmotherLucinda Mohelen “Helen” McClish
February 3, 1918 (Age 17 years)
Death of a brotherCecil Porter Shaver
March 11, 1918 (Age 17 years)

Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJoseph Howard “Joe” Cherry
February 7, 1928 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 29, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 49 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 fatherLeonard Carroll Shaver
December 4, 1956 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherRoscoe Otis Shaver
June 19, 1962 (Age 61 years)
Death of a motherEthel Cherry
August 20, 1962 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 December 1, 1972 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1893
20 months
elder brother
Roscoe Otis Shaver
Birth: September 1, 1894 22 20Texas, United States
Death: June 19, 1962Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States
13 months
elder brother
Cecil Porter Shaver
Birth: October 14, 1895 23 21Texas, United States
Death: March 11, 1918
16 months
elder sister
Tressie I Shaver
Birth: February 25, 1897 24 23Texas, United States
Death: July 10, 1981Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
19 months
elder brother
Carl Shaver
Birth: September 16, 1898 26 24Texas, United States
Death: August 2, 1902
2 years
himself
Raymond Elbert Shaver
Birth: December 7, 1900 28 26Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: December 1, 1972New Braunfels, Comal, Texas, United States
18 months
younger sister
younger sister
Hilda Shaver
Birth: June 4, 1902 30 28Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: June 4, 1902Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Family with Hazel LaVerne Stafford - View this family
himself
Raymond Elbert Shaver
Birth: December 7, 1900 28 26Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: December 1, 1972New Braunfels, Comal, Texas, United States
wife
Hazel LaVerne Stafford
Birth: July 31, 1911Texas, United States
Death: November 27, 2004Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
son
Private

Raymond Elbert Shaver has 15 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Carroll Shaver - Household

Justice, Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Shaver, Leonard CheadMW38M16TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Shaver, EthelwifeFW36M1675TNTNTN
Shaver, Roscoe OsonMW15MTXTNTNFarm LaborerHome Farm
Shaver, Cecil PsonMW14STXTNTN
Shaver, Tressie IdaughterFW13STXTNTN
Shaver, Raymond EsonMW9STXTNTN
Shaver, Helen FdaughterFW7STXTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Leonard Carroll Shaver - Household

Tolar, Hood, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shaver, Leonard CheadMW47MTNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Shaver, EthelwifeFW46MTNTNTN
Shaver, RoscoesonMW25STXTNTNFarmerFarm Laborer
Shaver, TressiedaughterFW22STXTNTNTeacherRural School
Shaver, RaymonsonMW19STXTNTN
Shaver, HelendaughterFW17STXTNTN

Carl is Raymon and 3yrs younge? -b