The Shemwell Family

China Esther CarltonAge: 66 years19001966

Name
China Esther Carlton
Given names
China Esther
Surname
Carlton
Birth August 26, 1900 23 22
Birth of a sisterBessie Agnes Carlton
March 11, 1902 (Age 18 months)
Birth of a sisterMinnie Alverta Carlton
July 20, 1903 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterGertie E Carlton
July 20, 1903 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterZona Rachel Carlton
March 23, 1905 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter Patterson Patrick Carlton
April 17, 1907 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherSherman Colonel Carlton
November 16, 1908 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sisterCelia L Carlton
before 1910 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a brotherCharles Emmit Carlton
October 30, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a brotherGaither Carlton
February 25, 1913 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherWayne Millard Carlton
March 9, 1915 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherBynum Wiley Carlton
May 17, 1917 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 brotherJoe Zeb Carlton
November 9, 1919 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherGaither Carlton
before 1920 (Age 19 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherIsaac Mikeal
between 1910 and 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherCarl Edison Carlton
April 22, 1921 (Age 20 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherCelia Greene
December 4, 1921 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a brotherPaul Carlton
May 12, 1923 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a brotherLincoln Lane Carlton
October 4, 1925 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Death of a paternal grandmotherNancy Louisa “Eliza” Greene
April 27, 1936 (Age 35 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherCalvin Madison Carlton
April 15, 1939 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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
Death of a motherTempey Malinda Mikeal
February 7, 1948 (Age 47 years)
Death of a fatherIsaac Millard Carlton
March 4, 1951 (Age 50 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 45 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 20, 1966 (Age 66 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: May 15, 1897Watauga, North Carolina, United States
11 months
elder sister
Celia L Carlton
Birth: April 2, 1898 21 19Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1910
15 months
elder brother
Linzy Elster Carlton
Birth: July 8, 1899 22 20Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 14, 1971Summit, Ohio, United States
14 months
herself
China Esther Carlton
Birth: August 26, 1900 23 22Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 20, 1966Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
18 months
younger sister
Bessie Agnes Carlton
Birth: March 11, 1902 25 23North Carolina, United States
Death: April 1, 1987Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
16 months
younger sister
Minnie Alverta Carlton
Birth: July 20, 1903 26 24Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 11, 1990Watauga, North Carolina, United States
younger sister
Gertie E Carlton
Birth: July 20, 1903 26 24Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 1985Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States
20 months
younger sister
Zona Rachel Carlton
Birth: March 23, 1905 28 26Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 16, 1971Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
Walter Patterson Patrick Carlton
Birth: April 17, 1907 30 28Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 5, 1987Newport News, Virginia, United States
19 months
younger brother
Sherman Colonel Carlton
Birth: November 16, 1908 32 30Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 15, 1995Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
23 months
younger brother
Charles Emmit Carlton
Birth: October 30, 1910 34 32Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 6, 1999Watauga, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Gaither Carlton
Birth: February 25, 1913 36 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: before 1920
2 years
younger brother
Wayne Millard Carlton
Birth: March 9, 1915 38 36Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 28, 1977Avery, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Bynum Wiley Carlton
Birth: May 17, 1917 40 38Deep Gap, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 28, 2001Caldwell, North Carolina, United States
3 years
younger brother
Joe Zeb Carlton
Birth: November 9, 1919 43 41Stony Fork, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 9, 1998Summit, Ohio, United States
17 months
younger brother
Carl Edison Carlton
Birth: April 22, 1921 44 42Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 28, 1997Lake, Florida, United States
2 years
younger brother
Paul Carlton
Birth: May 12, 1923 46 44Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 26, 2005Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Lincoln Lane Carlton
Birth: October 4, 1925 48 47Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 13, 2004Hillsborough, Florida, United States

China Esther Carlton has 35 first cousins recorded