The Shemwell Family

Forrest Jerald TrotterAge: 80 years19081988

Name
Forrest Jerald Trotter
Given names
Forrest Jerald
Surname
Trotter
Birth May 7, 1908
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 21 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 2, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Ellen Trotter
June 17, 1931 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Jarold Melton Trotter
November 5, 1934 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Winnie Trotter
May 9, 1936 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Ralph Glenn Trotter
January 6, 1938 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Charles Trotter
February 21, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
James Verdell Trotter
April 11, 1941 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 33 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 wifeLee Ola Tilley
January 16, 1952 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterWinnie Trotter
December 3, 1953 (Age 45 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Debra Suzanne “Debbie” Trotter
January 21, 1962 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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 6, 1988 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Elmwood Cemetery
Family with Lee Ola Tilley - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Mary Ellen Trotter
Birth: June 17, 1931 23 21Arkansas, United States
Death: September 18, 2002Plumerville, Conway, Arkansas, United States
3 years
son
Jarold Melton Trotter
Birth: November 5, 1934 26 24Cleveland, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 15, 1989San Francisco, California, United States
18 months
daughter
Winnie Trotter
Birth: May 9, 1936 28 26Arkansas, United States
Death: December 3, 1953
20 months
son
Ralph Glenn Trotter
Birth: January 6, 1938 29 28Arkansas, United States
Death: November 14, 1998Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, United States
2 years
son
Charles Trotter
Birth: February 21, 1940 31 30Cleveland, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: February 7, 2015
daughter
Private
son
James Verdell Trotter
Birth: April 11, 1941 32 31Cleveland, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 8, 2005Arkansas, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Forrest Jerald Trotter - Household

Liberty, Van Buren, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Trotter, Forrest JheadMW21M20ARARARFarm LaborerGeneral farm
Trotter, Lee OwifeFW20M19ARARAR
Tilley, Ella Lmother in lawFW57Wd19ARARAR
Tilley, Grace Lsister in lawFW25SARARAR

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Forrest Jerald Trotter - Household

Nichols, Conway, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Trotter, ForrestXheadMW31MARSame placeFarmerFarming
Trotter, LeewifeFW29MARSame place
Trotter, MarydaughterFW9MARSame place
Trotter, JerroldsonMW5SARSame place
Trotter, WinniedaughterFW4SAR
Trotter, RalphsonMW2SAR
Trotter, CharlessonMW1mMAR