The Shemwell Family

Leo H BlakelyAge: 88 years18961985

Name
Leo H Blakely
Given names
Leo H
Surname
Blakely
Birth June 28, 1896
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 21 months)
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
MarriageCarrie Lee JohnsView this family
November 25, 1915 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a son
#1
Leo H Blakely Jr.
July 5, 1917 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 20 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 21 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
#2
Kenneth Lloyd Blakely
August 10, 1919 (Age 23 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 5, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Raymond Richard Blakely
February 2, 1931 (Age 34 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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 wifeCarrie Lee Johns
October 20, 1974 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 sonLeo H Blakely Jr.
September 1984 (Age 88 years)
Death January 22, 1985 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Alva Municipal Cemetery
Family with Carrie Lee Johns - View this family
himself
wife
Carrie Lee Johns
Birth: May 21, 1894 32 25Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 20, 1974Alva, Woods, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: November 25, 1915Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
19 months
son
Leo H Blakely Jr.
Birth: July 5, 1917 21 23Liberal, Barton, Missouri, United States
Death: September 1984Las Cruces, Dona Ana, New Mexico, United States
2 years
son
Kenneth Lloyd Blakely
Birth: August 10, 1919 23 25Hammon, Roger Mills, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 25, 1996Brewster, Thomas, Kansas, United States
12 years
son
Raymond Richard Blakely
Birth: February 2, 1931 34 36Kansas, United States
Death: August 10, 2011Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Leo Blakely - Household

Braodway Kiowa, Roger Mills, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Blakely, Leo HheadMW24MMOMOMOEditorCounty Paper
Blakely, Carrie LwifeFW24MMOILILType SetterPrinting Office
Blakely, Leo HsonMW3SMOMOMO
Blakely, Kenneth LsonMW5mSOKMOMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Leo H Blakely - Household

112 Elm Street Peabody, Marion, Kansas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Blakely, Leo HheadMW34M20MOMOMOLineotype OperatorNewspaper Office
Blakely, CarriewifeFW34M20MOILIL
Blakely, Leo H JrsonMW12SMOMOMO
Blakely, KennethsonMW10SOKMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leo H Blakely - Household

1940 Osborne, Osborne, Kansas - Leo H Blakely

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Blakely, Leo HheadMW43MMORMarionKSLine Type OPeratorNewspaper
Blakely, Carrie LXwifeFW44MMORMarionKS
Blakely, Kenneth LsonMW20SOKRMarionKSAttendantFilling Station
Blakely, Raymond RsonMW9SKSRMarionKS