The Shemwell Family

Miles Raymond JonesAge: 83 years19051988

Name
Miles Raymond Jones
Given names
Miles Raymond
Surname
Jones
Birth September 4, 1905
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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/
MarriageHazel Evelyn WrightView this family
October 18, 1929 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Raymond Jones
May 18, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dottie Mae Jones
October 10, 1931 (Age 26 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 40 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 sonRobert Raymond Jones
April 17, 1979 (Age 73 years)

Death September 29, 1988 (Age 83 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Competition Cemetery
Family with Hazel Evelyn Wright - View this family
himself
Miles Raymond Jones
Birth: September 4, 1905Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 29, 1988Laclede, Missouri, United States
wife
Hazel Evelyn Wright
Birth: November 14, 1906 38 41Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: April 27, 2001Missouri, United States
Marriage: October 18, 1929Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States
7 months
son
17 months
daughter
Dottie Mae Jones
Birth: October 10, 1931 26 24Competition, Laclede, Missouri, United States
Death: September 11, 2016Lebanon, Laclede, Missouri, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Miles Raymond Jones - Household

East 14th Street Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Jones, Miles RXheadMW34MMOLacledeMOLaborerOil & Grease Business
Jones, Hazel LwifeFW33MMOLacledeMOPower Machine OperatorGarment Factory
Jones, Bobby RsonMW9SMOLacledeMO
Jones, Dottie MdaughterFW8SMOLacledeMO