The Shemwell Family

Claude Earl BrewerAge: 79 years18971976

Name
Claude Earl Brewer
Given names
Claude Earl
Surname
Brewer
Birth August 25, 1897 25 20
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 7 months)
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
Birth of a brotherOscar Clyde Brewer
May 19, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Census June 22, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Albert Clifton “Cliff” Brewer
August 25, 1903 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLetha Jane Brewer
February 24, 1905 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterEsta Olivia Brewer
1908 (Age 10 years)
Census April 27, 1910 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a brotherLeslie Brown Brewer
March 8, 1911 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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/
MarriageSally Floice BrockView this family
about 1922 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 32 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 maternal grandfatherJames Albert Chambers
December 4, 1937 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterLetha Jane Brewer
February 29, 1940 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 maternal grandmotherSarah Frances McGehee
September 3, 1949 (Age 52 years)
Death of a fatherJames Brown “Jim” Brewer
August 7, 1952 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 motherAlta Lee Chambers
January 11, 1964 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 48 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 October 27, 1976 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Restland Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 13, 1896Delta, Texas, United States
1 year
himself
Claude Earl Brewer
Birth: August 25, 1897 25 20Cooper, Texas, United States
Death: October 27, 1976Dallas, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Oscar Clyde Brewer
Birth: May 19, 1900 28 23Cooper, Delta, Texas, United States
Death: June 11, 1985Garland, Dallas, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
18 months
younger sister
4 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
Leslie Brown Brewer
Birth: March 8, 1911 39 34Delta, Texas, United States
Death: August 17, 2001Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States
Family with Sally Floice Brock - View this family
himself
Claude Earl Brewer
Birth: August 25, 1897 25 20Cooper, Texas, United States
Death: October 27, 1976Dallas, Texas, United States
wife
Sally Floice Brock
Birth: October 17, 1894Texas, United States
Death: March 22, 1990Smith, Texas, United States
Marriage: about 1922Texas, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Brown “Jim” Brewer - Household

Delta, Texas

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Brewer, James BheadWMDec187128M3TNTNTNFarmer
Brewer, Alta LwifeWFSep187623M322ARARAR
Brewer, Claude EsonWMAug18972STXTNAR
Brewer, Oscar CsonWMMay19000mSTXTNAR
Green, John MboarderWMApr187822STNTNTNFarm laborer

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Brown “Jim” Brewer - Household

Delta, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Brewer, James BheadMW36M113TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Brewer, AltawifeFW33M11355ARARAR
Brewer, ClaudesonMW12STXTNARLaborerHome Farm
Brewer, ClydesonMW9STXTNARLaborerHome Farm
Brewer, CliftonsonMW7STXTNAR
Brewer, LeathadaughterFW4STXTNAR
Brewer, OliviadaughterFW2STXTNAR