The Shemwell Family

Willie Orlean NashAge: 78 years19041982

Name
Willie Orlean Nash
Given names
Willie Orlean
Surname
Nash
Married name
Willie Orlean Baker
Birth February 5, 1904 34 39
Death of a maternal grandmotherJennet Howell
May 5, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 1, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary A Glasgow
April 4, 1922 (Age 18 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherJames Asbery Nash
January 5, 1923 (Age 18 years)
Death of a husbandPaul J “Juke” Baker
May 7, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 17, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherSallie Lenora Alexander
January 15, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Census April 17, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 half-brotherJohn Thomas Burcham
April 17, 1954 (Age 50 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam B Nash
July 16, 1961 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 brotherJames Herbert Nash
April 1, 1978 (Age 74 years)
Death November 1982 (Age 78 years)
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father
William B Nash
Birth: January 2, 1870 25 26Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 16, 1961Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
mother
Marriage: calculated 1894
3 years
elder brother
22 months
elder brother
6 years
herself
Willie Orlean Nash
Birth: February 5, 1904 34 39Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1982Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Mother’s family with John Williams Burcham - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: February 29, 1880Houston, Tennessee, United States
3 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
2 years
half-brother
John Thomas Burcham
Birth: March 14, 1888 24Cumberland City, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 17, 1954Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Family with Paul J “Juke” Baker - View this family
husband
Paul J “Juke” Baker
Birth: May 18, 1903McEwen, Humphreys, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 7, 1927Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
herself
Willie Orlean Nash
Birth: February 5, 1904 34 39Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 1982Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
son
Private

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William B. Nash - Household

Dist. 6 Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeMCYrsMChBChLBPFBPMBPYOIN/AEngLOccupationIndustryEmployEmNWksUEduHomeVetInfirm
Nash, William BheadMW40S16--TNTNTNFarmergeneral farm
Nash, Sallie LwifeFW46S1696TNTNTN
Nash, HerbertsonMW13S---TNTNTNFarm laborhome farm
Nash, CecilsonMW12S---TNTNTN
Nash, OrleandaughterFW6S---TNTNTN
John Berchumstep sonMW21S---TNTNTNFarm laborworking out

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Herbert Nash - Household

Dist. 6, East Elk Creek Rd. Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationTenSexRaceAgeMCYOIN/AYONEduBPFBPMBPNLEng?OccupationIndustryEmploy
James Herbert NashheadOFMW22MTNTNTNYFarmingOwns Farm
Ellie A. ShemwellwifeFW22MTNTNTNY
Herbert Marion NashsonMW2STNTNTNY
Will NashfatherMW50STNTNTNY
Orlean Nashyounger sisterFW16STNTNTNY

Note: Herbert Marion Nash is listed as Herbert Jr.