The Shemwell Family

Claude Alexander AtkinsAge: 47 years19021950

Name
Claude Alexander Atkins
Given names
Claude Alexander
Surname
Atkins
Birth October 11, 1902 34 26
Marriage of a parentLorenzo Dobbins WatersLucy M E NorvilleView this family
September 8, 1907 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Emaline Shemwell
January 31, 1908 (Age 5 years)
Death of a fatherAnderson M Atkins
1909 (Age 6 years)
Death of a brotherCharles “Charley” Atkins
before 1910 (Age 7 years)

Census May 12, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 January 29, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 24, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
James Albert Atkins
May 9, 1933 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert McClellan Atkins
November 3, 1938 (Age 36 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 43 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 September 19, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Cause of death: Colon Cancer
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shiloh Baptist Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 8, 1893Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
23 months
elder sister
Hettie Lee Atkins
Birth: August 29, 1895 27 18Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 21, 1985Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder brother
Charles “Charley” Atkins
Birth: June 1897 29 20Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: before 1910
5 years
himself
Claude Alexander Atkins
Birth: October 11, 1902 34 26Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 19, 1950Sulphur Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Mother’s family with Lorenzo Dobbins Waters - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: September 8, 1907Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Family with Alda Toms - View this family
himself
Claude Alexander Atkins
Birth: October 11, 1902 34 26Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 19, 1950Sulphur Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
wife
Alda Toms
Birth: January 15, 1904Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 21, 1981Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
son
James Albert Atkins
Birth: May 9, 1933 30 29Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: July 29, 1995
daughter
Private
son
Robert McClellan Atkins
Birth: November 3, 1938 36 34Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 9, 1999Rutherford, North Carolina, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Lorenzo Dobbins Waters - Household

Cane Creek Eoad Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Waters, Dob LheadMW33M23NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Waters, LucywifeFW33M2332NCNCNCFarm LaborHome Farm
Waters, LizziedaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Atkins, Hattiestep daughterFW14SNCNCNCFarm LaborHome Farm
Atkins, Claudstep sonMW7SSCNCNCFarm LaborHome Farm
Waters, Tesco HbrotherMW21SNCNCNCFarm LaborWorking Out

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lorenzo Dobbins Waters - Household

Sulphur Springs, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Waters, DobheadMW54M31NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Waters, LucywifeFW53M16NCNCNC
Atkins, Claudestep sonMW27MSCNCNCLaborerGeneral Farm