Clara Virginia “Daisy” LockridgeAge: 88 years1893–1982
- Name
- Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge
- Given names
- Clara Virginia
- Surname
- Lockridge
- Married name
- Clara Virginia Williams
- Nickname
- Daisy
 Birth | September 12, 1893 46 23 |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 1, 1900 (Age 6 years) Address: Ward 3 |
 Marriage | George Archibald “Archie” Williams — View this family about 1910 (Age 16 years) |
 Death of a father | James Sterling Lockridge March 1, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | John Robert Decker — Clara Vashti Ellis — View this family about October 15, 1910 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Elsie Mae Williams April 24, 1911 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Frances Edgar Williams December 8, 1913 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/ |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Juanita Virginia Williams 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | January 1, 1920 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a husband | George Archibald “Archie” Williams January 18, 1921 (Age 27 years) Cause: Tubercular Meningitis |
| Marriage of a child | Leonard Homer Shemwell Sr. — Elsie Mae Williams — View this family September 21, 1929 (Age 36 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 36 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 1, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Leonard Homer Shemwell Jr. September 15, 1930 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | George William Shemwell January 23, 1932 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Thomas Gilbert “Tommy” Shemwell December 18, 1933 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a mother | Clara Vashti Ellis 1938 (Age 44 years) Address: 2602 Autumn |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Francis Virginia “Ginger” Shemwell December 4, 1939 (Age 46 years) Note: Homer Sr. denied Ginger was his daughter. Elsie said he would "sneak" over. -b |
| Census | April 3, 1940 (Age 46 years) Note: Ginger & Homer are in both Elsie & J.R, Decker Households -b |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 |
| Census | April 1, 1950 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 52 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 of a daughter | Frances Edgar Williams April 3, 1981 (Age 87 years) |
 Death | April 22, 1982 (Age 88 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memphis Memory Gardens Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Sterling Lockridge Birth: December 1846 51 27 — Mississippi, United States Death: March 1, 1910 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: April 15, 1890 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years herself |
Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge Birth: September 12, 1893 46 23 — Cotton Plant, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States Death: April 22, 1982 — Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States |
| Mother’s family with John Robert Decker |
| step-father |
John Robert Decker Birth: May 10, 1874 — Mississippi, United States Death: June 13, 1951 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: about October 15, 1910 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Mother’s family with W N Bond |
| step-father |
W N Bond Death: |
| mother |
Clara Vashti Ellis Birth: December 27, 1869 44 34 — Bartlett, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1938 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: November 21, 1888 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with George Archibald “Archie” Williams |
| husband |
George Archibald “Archie” Williams Birth: June 21, 1887 29 24 — Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States Death: January 18, 1921 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
| herself |
Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge Birth: September 12, 1893 46 23 — Cotton Plant, Woodruff, Arkansas, United States Death: April 22, 1982 — Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States |
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Marriage: about 1910 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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16 months daughter |
Elsie Mae Williams Birth: April 24, 1911 23 17 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: September 5, 1990 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Frances Edgar Williams Birth: December 8, 1913 26 20 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: April 3, 1981 — Shelby, Tennessee, United States |
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7 years daughter |
Juanita Virginia Williams Birth: 1920 32 26 — Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States Death: 1988 — Warner Robins, Houston, Georgia, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Sterling Lockridge - Household
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - George Patton Williams - Household
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - George Archie Williams - Household
Ward 33 Princeton St. Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: George Archie is listed as Archie J. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Clara Virginia Lockridge - Household
Dist. 4 Ward 38, Autumn Cove Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA
Notes: Widowed - Next door to mother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - John Robert Decker - Household
2602 Autumn Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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| Census | Ginger & Homer are in both Elsie & J.R, Decker Households -b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Clara Virginia “Daisy” Lockridge - Household
2602 Autumn Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee
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