The Shemwell Family

Dora Kathryn HarrisAge: 93 years19162010

Name
Dora Kathryn Harris
Given names
Dora Kathryn
Surname
Harris
Married name
Dora Kathryn Dodson
Birth August 4, 1916 32 26
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 4 months)

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 16 months)

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 6, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMartha Livingston “Mattie” Davis
October 27, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 14, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Fletcher Harris
July 29, 1940 (Age 23 years)
Cause: Hypostatic Pneumonia
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Birth of a daughter
#1
Sue Harris Dodson
July 7, 1951 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 fatherCecil Welons Harris
December 4, 1954 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 motherViola D Bruen
September 28, 1979 (Age 63 years)
Death of a husbandRobert Lee Dodson
April 8, 1990 (Age 73 years)

Death of a sisterElizabeth Cecil Harris
February 25, 1999 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterEthel Louise Harris
December 5, 2002 (Age 86 years)

Death of a daughterSue Harris Dodson
November 17, 2008 (Age 92 years)
Death June 1, 2010 (Age 93 years)
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father
Cecil Welons Harris
Birth: November 2, 1883 32 27Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 4, 1954Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
mother
Viola D Bruen
Birth: September 29, 1889Kentucky, United States
Death: September 28, 1979Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States
elder sister
Elizabeth Cecil Harris
Birth: October 23, 1910 26 21Winchester, Calloway, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 25, 1999Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ethel Louise Harris
Birth: December 3, 1913 30 24Clark, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 5, 2002
3 years
herself
Dora Kathryn Harris
Birth: August 4, 1916 32 26Clark, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 1, 2010Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States
sister
Private
Family with Robert Lee Dodson - View this family
husband
herself
Dora Kathryn Harris
Birth: August 4, 1916 32 26Clark, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 1, 2010Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Sue Harris Dodson
Birth: July 7, 1951 31 34Fayette, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 17, 2008Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Cecil Welons Harris - Household

Winchester, Clark, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Harris, CecilheadMW36MKYKYKYSuperentendantInsurance Co.
Harris, ViolawifeFW30MKYKYKY
Harris, Cecil EdaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Harris, Ethel DdaughterFW6SKYKYKY
Harris, Dora KdaughterFW3SKYKYKY