The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Parthenia WilsonAge: 54 years19091964

Name
Dorothy Parthenia Wilson
Given names
Dorothy Parthenia
Surname
Wilson
Married name
Dorothy Parthenia Bellamy
Birth December 6, 1909 50 25
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 4 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn A Epps
January 2, 1913 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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/
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 5, 1930 (Age 20 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 30 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Wilson
May 10, 1944 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Census April 26, 1950 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 40 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 36 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 May 23, 1964 (Age 54 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Kinsey Cemetery
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father
Thomas Wilson
Birth: November 29, 1859St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: May 10, 1944Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri, United States
mother
Martha Belle “Mattie” Epps
Birth: March 2, 1884 48 39Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1977Butler, Missouri, United States
Marriage: March 6, 1909Butler, Missouri, United States
9 months
herself
Dorothy Parthenia Wilson
Birth: December 6, 1909 50 25Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 23, 1964Butler, Missouri, United States
Family with Richard Vaughn Bellamy - View this family
husband
Richard Vaughn Bellamy
Birth: December 7, 1904Harviell, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: November 3, 1982Butler, Missouri, United States
herself
Dorothy Parthenia Wilson
Birth: December 6, 1909 50 25Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: May 23, 1964Butler, Missouri, United States
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daughter
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Wilson - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wilson, ThomasheadMW50M1MOMOMOFarmerRented Farm
Wilson, Mattie BwifeFW26M111MOMOMO
Wilson, Dorota PdaughterFW4mSMOMOMO
Epps, Johnfather in lawMW74WdMOTNTNFarmerOwn Farm
Leader, MinervanieceFW4SMOOHMO

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Wilson - Household

Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wilson, ThomasheadMW60MMOTNTNFarm LaborHome Farm
Wilson, Mattie BwifeFW35MMOMOMO
Wilson, Dorothy PdaughterFW10SMOMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Wilson - Household

Missouri State Hwy 67 Beaver Dam, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wilson, ThomasheadMW70M49MOKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Wilson, Martha BwifeFW46M25MOMOMO
Wilson, Dorothy PdaughterFW20SMOMOMO