The Shemwell Family

Charles VanBuren CrockettAge: 62 years19131976

Name
Charles VanBuren Crockett
Given names
Charles VanBuren
Surname
Crockett
Birth December 13, 1913 38 31
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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 15, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherRobert Milton Crockett
July 25, 1925 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn P Crockett
June 7, 1929 (Age 15 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 8, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMelvina Pamelia Thompson
May 18, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Cause: Cardiac Arrhythmia
MarriageMarjorie PotterView this family
December 30, 1939 (Age 26 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 36 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 motherLola V “Lady V” Wassell
June 14, 1968 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 29, 1976 (Age 62 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Old Lamine Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 16, 1903Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States
4 years
elder brother
Col. John Wassell Crockett
Birth: June 5, 1907 32 25Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: July 11, 1986
7 years
himself
Charles VanBuren Crockett
Birth: December 13, 1913 38 31California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1976Denver, Colorado, United States
-3 years
elder sister
Sadie Melvina Crockett
Birth: December 12, 1910 35 28Moniteau, Missouri, United States
Death: May 30, 2003California, United States
Family with Marjorie Potter - View this family
himself
Charles VanBuren Crockett
Birth: December 13, 1913 38 31California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1976Denver, Colorado, United States
wife
Marjorie Potter
Birth: February 12, 1912Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Death: February 9, 2012Colorado, United States
Marriage: December 30, 1939Denver, Colorado, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Milton Crockett - Household

California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Crockett, Robert MheadMW44MMOMOMOagentsteam engine
Crockett, Lady VwifeFW37MILILIL
Crockett, John WsonMW12SMOMOIL
Crockett, Charles VsonMW6MMOMOIL
Crockett, Sadie MdaughterFW8SMOMOIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lola V “Lady V” Wassell - Household

Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Crockett, Lola VheadFW48Wd21MOILIL
Crockett, CharlessonMW16SMOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles VanBuren Crockett - Household

Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Crockett, Charles VheadMW26MMOtellerNational Bank
Crockett, MarjoriewifeFW28MKSstenographerflour mill