The Shemwell Family

William Walker “Willie” WilliamsAge: 86 years18771963

Name
William Walker “Willie” Williams
Given names
William Walker
Surname
Williams
Nickname
Willie
Birth March 18, 1877
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 9 months)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 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
MarriageBirdie Ellen CookView this family
August 15, 1899 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Walter Everette Williams
February 19, 1906 (Age 28 years)
Census May 19, 1910 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Frances Lorene Williams
July 22, 1914 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 38 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 39 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 40 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/
Birth of a son
#3
William Reed “Big Willie” Williams
June 29, 1923 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Walker E Harrison Williams
January 29, 1927 (Age 49 years)
Death of a grandsonWalker E Harrison Williams
January 30, 1927 (Age 49 years)
Burial of a grandsonWalker E Harrison Williams
February 1, 1927 (Age 49 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
Birth of a grandson
#2
Walter Enoch Williams
April 17, 1928 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 52 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 grandson
#3
Pollard Eldon Williams
September 23, 1933 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Frances June Shelby
July 9, 1936 (Age 59 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Loretta Kay Shelby
November 11, 1941 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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 72 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 68 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 14, 1963 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Berea Church Cemetery
Family with Birdie Ellen Cook - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: August 15, 1899Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
7 years
son
8 years
daughter
Frances Lorene Williams
Birth: July 22, 1914 37 31Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 12, 1979Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States
9 years
son
William Reed “Big Willie” Williams
Birth: June 29, 1923 46 40Beaman, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: March 6, 1996Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States
William Arthur Zeigel + Birdie Ellen Cook - View this family
wife’s husband
William Arthur Zeigel
Birth: September 8, 1880Sweet Springs, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: September 22, 1972Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage: January 24, 1965Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Walker “Willie” Williams - Household

Heaths Creek, Pettis, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Williams, Williie WheadMW33M111MOKYUNFarmerGeneral Farm
Williams, Birdie EwifeFW27M11111MO-MO
Williams, Walter EsonMW4SMOMOMO