The Shemwell Family

Beulah Charline WilburnAge: 86 years19182004

Name
Beulah Charline Wilburn
Given names
Beulah Charline
Surname
Wilburn
Married name
Beulah Charline Webb
Birth May 21, 1918 24 20
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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 16, 1920 (Age 19 months)
Birth of a brotherChesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn
May 11, 1921 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 7, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherOscar Gayle Wilburn
June 17, 1930 (Age 12 years)
MarriageBirva Elmer WebbView this family
December 21, 1935 (Age 17 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherOscar Grant Gillmore
March 18, 1937 (Age 18 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Washington Wilburn
June 5, 1941 (Age 23 years)

Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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 31 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 maternal grandmotherCarrie Eugenea Connor
July 19, 1958 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 motherThelma Grace Gillmore
October 11, 1978 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherChesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn
November 15, 1987 (Age 69 years)
Death of a husbandBirva Elmer Webb
October 18, 1988 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherOscar Gayle Wilburn
May 16, 1993 (Age 74 years)
Death November 11, 2004 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Horton Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1917
17 months
herself
Beulah Charline Wilburn
Birth: May 21, 1918 24 20Upshur, Texas, United States
Death: November 11, 2004Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Chesleigh Deon “Tex” Wilburn
Birth: May 11, 1921 27 23Upshur, Texas, United States
Death: November 15, 1987San Bernardino, California, United States
9 years
younger brother
Oscar Gayle Wilburn
Birth: June 17, 1930 36 32Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: May 16, 1993Jefferson, Texas, United States
Family with Birva Elmer Webb - View this family
husband
Birva Elmer Webb
Birth: August 7, 1903Wolfe City, Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: October 18, 1988Lynn, Texas, United States
herself
Beulah Charline Wilburn
Birth: May 21, 1918 24 20Upshur, Texas, United States
Death: November 11, 2004Texas, United States
Marriage: December 21, 1935

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ben W Wilburn - Household

Upshur, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wilburn, Ben WheadMW27MTXTXILFarmerGeneral Farm
Wilburn, GracewifeFW21MTXTNNC
Wilburn, BeulahdaughterFW1-8mSTXTXTX

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ben W Wilburn - Household

Hunt, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wilburn, Ben WheadMW36M24TXTXTXFarmerGeneral Farm
Wilburn, Grace HwifeFW32M19TXTXTX
Wilburn, CharlinedaughterFW11STXTXTX
Wilburn, DeonsonMW8STXTXTX