The Shemwell Family

Walter Everette WilliamsAge: 87 years19061993

Name
Walter Everette Williams
Given names
Walter Everette
Surname
Williams
Birth February 19, 1906 28 22
Census May 19, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterFrances Lorene Williams
July 22, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 brotherWilliam Reed “Big Willie” Williams
June 29, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Walker E Harrison Williams
January 29, 1927 (Age 20 years)
Death of a sonWalker E Harrison Williams
January 30, 1927 (Age 20 years)
Burial of a sonWalker E Harrison Williams
February 1, 1927 (Age 20 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
Birth of a son
#2
Walter Enoch Williams
April 17, 1928 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherEverett Fielding Cook
April 16, 1931 (Age 25 years)
Cause: chronic myocarditis
Birth of a son
#3
Pollard Eldon Williams
September 23, 1933 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Margaret Maude “Maggie” Cornine
January 23, 1943 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Marriage of a childPollard Eldon WilliamsNorma Jean RhoadsView this family
December 12, 1953 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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
Birth of a grandson
#1
Rick Zane Williams
April 26, 1955 (Age 49 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Walker “Willie” Williams
May 14, 1963 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a parentWilliam Arthur ZeigelBirdie Ellen CookView this family
January 24, 1965 (Age 58 years)
Death of a motherBirdie Ellen Cook
December 28, 1970 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 sisterFrances Lorene Williams
December 12, 1979 (Age 73 years)
Burial of a sisterFrances Lorene Williams
December 16, 1979 (Age 73 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Twin Firs Cemetery
Death of a wifeMaude Lily Lindsey
January 8, 1986 (Age 79 years)
Death October 25, 1993 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Union Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 15, 1899Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
7 years
himself
8 years
younger sister
Frances Lorene Williams
Birth: July 22, 1914 37 31Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: December 12, 1979Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States
9 years
younger brother
William Reed “Big Willie” Williams
Birth: June 29, 1923 46 40Beaman, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: March 6, 1996Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States
Mother’s family with William Arthur Zeigel - View this family
step-father
William Arthur Zeigel
Birth: September 8, 1880Sweet Springs, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: September 22, 1972Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: January 24, 1965Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Family with Maude Lily Lindsey - View this family
himself
wife
son
Walker E Harrison Williams
Birth: January 29, 1927 20 27Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: January 30, 1927Nelson, Saline, Missouri, United States
15 months
son
Walter Enoch Williams
Birth: April 17, 1928 22 28Beaman, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: February 7, 2004Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States
daughter
Private
son
Pollard Eldon Williams
Birth: September 23, 1933 27 34Beaman, Pettis, Missouri, United States
Death: May 4, 2011Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States

Walter Everette Williams has 6 first cousins recorded

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