The Shemwell Family

Bryan Elmer TateAge: 74 years18961971

Name
Bryan Elmer Tate
Given names
Bryan Elmer
Surname
Tate
Birth September 25, 1896 21 16
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 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
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAnaliza Alice “Annie” Jones
December 6, 1900 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a brotherBennett Burton Tate
December 10, 1902 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherBernice Beckham Tate
February 28, 1905 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherBuell Eckless Tate
1908 (Age 11 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Occupation
Laborer-odd jobs
1910 (Age 13 years)

Birth of a son
#1
David Tate
October 22, 1916 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonDavid Tate
October 23, 1916 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn L Shemwell
December 8, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nell Elizabeth Tate
December 9, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherAlice Elizabeth Foley
April 19, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Death of a daughterNell Elizabeth Tate
September 24, 1919 (Age 22 years)
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Occupation
Motorman-coal mine
1920 (Age 23 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherSamuel Robert Tate
June 20, 1925 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 33 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
James Geddes Koestlin Jr.
August 17, 1943 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 17, 1950 (Age 53 years)
Death of a grandsonJames Geddes Koestlin Jr.
November 2, 1952 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 53 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 fatherJohn William Timothy Tate
October 13, 1956 (Age 60 years)
Death of a motherRosa Lee Shemwell
May 18, 1964 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherBennett Burton Tate
December 4, 1965 (Age 69 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 January 1971 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Oak Grove Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 1, 1895Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
10 months
himself
Bryan Elmer Tate
Birth: September 25, 1896 21 16Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1971Grayville, White, Illinois, United States
6 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Bernice Beckham Tate
Birth: February 28, 1905 29 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 23, 1987Volusia, Florida, United States
4 years
younger brother
Buell Eckless Tate
Birth: 1908 32 28Kentucky, United States
Death: April 6, 1981Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
Family with Grace Johnson - View this family
himself
Bryan Elmer Tate
Birth: September 25, 1896 21 16Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1971Grayville, White, Illinois, United States
wife
Grace Johnson
Birth: December 23, 1895Kentucky, United States
Death: September 18, 1974Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, United States
son
David Tate
Birth: October 22, 1916 20 20Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 23, 1916Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
14 months
daughter
Nell Elizabeth Tate
Birth: December 9, 1917 21 21Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 24, 1919Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
Family with Artie B Goodman - View this family
himself
Bryan Elmer Tate
Birth: September 25, 1896 21 16Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1971Grayville, White, Illinois, United States
wife
daughter
Private

Bryan Elmer Tate has 5 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John William Tate - Household

Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Tate, John WheadWMSep187524M5KYKYKYCoal Miner
Tate, Rosa LwifeWFOct187920M511KYKYKY
Tate, Bryan EsonWMSep18963SKYKYKY

Next door to John Shemwell

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John William Tate - Household

Bevier, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Tate, J W TheadMW33M114KYKYKYSteorn? EngineerCoal Mine
Tate, Rosa LwifeFW30M11444KYKYKY
Tate, BryantsonMW13SKYKYKYLaborerOdd Jobs
Tate, BennettsonMW7SKYKYKY
Tate, BernicesonMW5SKYKYKY
Tate, BuellsonMW2SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Bryan Elmer Tate - Household

Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tate, BryantheadMW23MKYKYKYMotormancoal mine
Tate, GracewifeFW21MKYKYKY

Next door to his family

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John William Tate - Household

Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tate, John W TheadMW54M20KYKYKYWeigh BossCrescent Coal Co.
Tate, RosawifeFW50M16KYKYKY
Tate, BryansonMW33D18KYKYKYForerman Asst.coal mine
Tate, BuellheadMW22M18KYKYKYMiberCoal
Tate, GoldawifeFW22M18KYKYKY
Tate, LynettedaughterFW3SKYKYKY

Census indicates Buell's family in same household

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Bryan Elmer Tate - Household

Stroud Lane Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tate, Bryan EheadMW44MKYRMuhlenbergKYPump Operatorcoal mine
Tate, ArtiewifeFW29MKYRMuhlenbergKY
Doss, Alasister in lawFW23WdKYSame Place
Doss, Retha Maewife's neiceFW7SKYSame PlaceWrapping machine operatorBakery