The Shemwell Family

Ollie ParhamAge: 94 years18871981

Name
Ollie Parham
Given names
Ollie
Surname
Parham
Married name
Ollie Johns
Birth March 23, 1887
MarriageEmory Ray JohnsView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 February 23, 1920 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 42 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 1, 1940 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 62 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 husbandEmory Ray Johns
October 1974 (Age 87 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 August 14, 1981 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Omaha Cemetery
Family with Emory Ray Johns - View this family
husband
Emory Ray Johns
Birth: December 8, 1890 29 22Sarcoxie, Jasper, Missouri, United States
Death: October 1974Broken Arrow, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Ollie Parham
Birth: March 23, 1887Texas, United States
Death: August 14, 1981Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage:

No family available

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Emory Ray Johns - Household

Ranger, Eastland, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Johns, Emory RheadMW30MMOILILEngineerOil Company
Johns, OlliewifeFW31MTXEnglandMS
Coffee. Christinestep daughterFW16STXTXTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Emory Ray Johns - Household

Bixby, Tulsa, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Johns, RayXheadMW49MMORTulsaOKEngineerCivil
Johns, OlliewifeFW50MTXRTulsaOK