The Shemwell Family

William Norman AtkinsAge: 54 years19071962

Name
William Norman Atkins
Given names
William Norman
Surname
Atkins
Birth January 29, 1907 31 17
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Emaline Shemwell
January 31, 1908 (Age 12 months)
Birth of a sisterEdna Mae Atkins
July 16, 1909 (Age 2 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
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
MarriageCecil CargillView this family
April 26, 1932 (Age 25 years)
Death of a fatherArney Lee Atkins
August 30, 1945 (Age 38 years)
Cause: Pellagra
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 42 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 38 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 25, 1962 (Age 54 years)
Cause of death: Massive Coronary
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Zion Methodist Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Arney Lee Atkins
Birth: August 2, 1875 30 34Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 30, 1945Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
mother
Amanda Corene Stone
Birth: May 9, 1889Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: December 27, 1964Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1904
3 years
himself
William Norman Atkins
Birth: January 29, 1907 31 17South Carolina, United States
Death: January 25, 1962Anderson, South Carolina, United States
3 years
younger sister
Edna Mae Atkins
Birth: July 16, 1909 33 20Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: December 29, 1996Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Family with Cecil Cargill - View this family
himself
William Norman Atkins
Birth: January 29, 1907 31 17South Carolina, United States
Death: January 25, 1962Anderson, South Carolina, United States
wife
Marriage: April 26, 1932Anderson, South Carolina, United States

William Norman Atkins has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Arney Lee Atkins - Household

Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Atkins, Lee AheadMW34M16NCSCNCFarmerFarming
Atkins, Corene AwifeFW21M1622SCSCSC
Atkins, William NsonMW3SSCNCSC
Atkins, Edna MdaughterFW9mSSCNCSC