The Shemwell Family

Burtha Lee BarnesAge: 54 years18921946

Name
Burtha Lee Barnes
Given names
Burtha Lee
Surname
Barnes
Married name
Burtha Lee Zachary
Birth May 1892 32 27
Marriage of a parentJames Isaac “Ike” BarnesRuth Viola “Ruthie” ChambersView this family
December 4, 1895 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
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 half-brotherDavid D Barnes
April 1899 (Age 6 years)

Census June 14, 1900 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherReece McClellon Barnes
November 24, 1900 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-brotherThomas Henry Barnes
about 1904 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJeffrey Isaac Barnes
February 2, 1906 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a half-brotherEdward L Barnes
1908 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 24 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 25 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 37 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 fatherJames Isaac “Ike” Barnes
May 3, 1932 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 December 21, 1946 (Age 54 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 10, 1881Pope, Arkansas, United States
11 years
herself
Burtha Lee Barnes
Birth: May 1892 32 27Arkansas, United States
Death: December 21, 1946Conway, Arkansas, United States
Father’s family with Ruth Viola “Ruthie” Chambers - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: December 4, 1895Conway, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-brother
20 months
half-brother
Reece McClellon Barnes
Birth: November 24, 1900 41 26Arkansas, United States
Death: February 6, 1964Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
4 years
half-brother
Thomas Henry Barnes
Birth: about 1904 44 29McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death:
2 years
half-brother
Jeffrey Isaac Barnes
Birth: February 2, 1906 46 31Arkansas, United States
Death: May 12, 1979England, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
3 years
half-brother
Edward L Barnes
Birth: 1908 48 33McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 31, 1955

Burtha Lee Barnes has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - James Isaac “Ike” Barnes - Household

ED 9 McLaren, Conway, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
James I BarnesheadWMAug185940M4MOMOARFarmer0NoNoYes
Rutha L BarneswifeWFApr187826M421ARARARYesNoYes
Burtha L BarnesdaughterWFMay18928SARARAR2
David D BarnessonWMApr18991SARARAR
McDonald ChambersBrother-in-lawWMJan189010SARARARFarm Laborer42YesNoYes
Anna L ChambersSister-in-lawWFMar18928SARARAR2
Thomas M ChambersBrother-in-lawWMJul18946SARARAR