The Shemwell Family

Lula Cecile ChildersAge: 86 years18991986

Name
Lula Cecile Childers
Given names
Lula Cecile
Surname
Childers
Married name
Lula Cecile Shelton
Birth May 28, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageRobert Leo SheltonView this family
December 2, 1922 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 12, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 46 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 husbandRobert Leo Shelton
October 29, 1984 (Age 85 years)
Death March 13, 1986 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sarcoxie Cemetery
Family with Robert Leo Shelton - View this family
husband
Robert Leo Shelton
Birth: January 18, 1900 30 24Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 29, 1984Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, United States
herself
Lula Cecile Childers
Birth: May 28, 1899Missouri, United States
Death: March 13, 1986Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Marriage: December 2, 1922Avilla, Jasper, Missouri, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Leo Shelton - Household

Lincoln, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shelton, Robert LheadMW30M22MOILMOFarmerGeneral Farm
Shelton, Cecil LwifeFW30M22MOMOKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Robert Leo Shelton - Household

Lincoln, Jasper, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shelton, LeoheadMW40MMOFarmer
Shelton, CecilXwifeFW40MMOHouse wife