The Shemwell Family

Earnest Fay JohnsAge: 49 years18891939

Name
Earnest Fay Johns
Given names
Earnest Fay
Surname
Johns
Birth February 2, 1889 27 20
Birth of a brotherEmory Ray Johns
December 8, 1890 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a sisterCarrie Lee Johns
May 21, 1894 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 9 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
Census June 26, 1900 (Age 11 years)
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Death of a brotherRoscoe Melvin Johns
August 5, 1910 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 26 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 fatherJohn Farmer Johns
July 19, 1917 (Age 28 years)
Death of a motherNancy Ellen “Nannie” Shelton
January 5, 1918 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Thomas Shelton
October 31, 1918 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 27 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 28 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/
MarriageMarie GerstmyerView this family
December 30, 1922 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 40 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 grandmotherNancy Elizabeth Holland
March 20, 1931 (Age 42 years)
Death January 30, 1939 (Age 49 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: estimated 1884
3 years
elder brother
Roscoe Melvin Johns
Birth: September 11, 1886 25 17Phelps, Missouri, United States
Death: August 5, 1910Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
2 years
himself
Earnest Fay Johns
Birth: February 2, 1889 27 20Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 30, 1939Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
22 months
younger brother
Emory Ray Johns
Birth: December 8, 1890 29 22Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1974Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
younger sister
Carrie Lee Johns
Birth: May 21, 1894 32 25Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 20, 1974Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Marie Gerstmyer - View this family
himself
Earnest Fay Johns
Birth: February 2, 1889 27 20Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: January 30, 1939Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
wife
Marriage: December 30, 1922Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - John F Johns - Household

Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Johns, John FheadWMJun186138M16ILUNUNDay Laborer
Johns, Nancy EwifeWFNov186532M1644ILILKY
Johns, Roscoe MsonWMSep188813SMOILILAt School
Johns, Earnest FsonWMFeb189011SMOILILAt School
Johns, Emory RsonWMDec18919SMOILIL
Johns, CarriedaughterWFMay18946SMOILIL

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John F Johns - Household

9th. Street Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Johns, JohnheadMW48M25ILUNUNLaborerOdd Jobs
Johns, NanniewifeFW41M2544ILILKY
Johns, RoscoesonMW23SMOILIL
Johns, FaysonMW21SMOILIL
Johns, RaysonMW19SMOILIL
Johns, CarriedaughterFW15SMOILIL