The Shemwell Family

Oma Todd FitzhughAge: 84 years19111996

Name
Oma Todd Fitzhugh
Given names
Oma Todd
Surname
Fitzhugh
Married name
Oma Todd Adler
Birth October 18, 1911 31 34
Death of a maternal grandmotherElizabeth Ann Floyd
October 14, 1914 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterLady Pearl Fitzhugh
October 9, 1915 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 brotherSelden Christian Fitzhugh
March 31, 1919 (Age 7 years)
Census January 15, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 18, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Raymond O'dell Adler
May 31, 1933 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Douglas Glenn Adler
January 25, 1935 (Age 23 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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
Death of a fatherJohn Plain Fitzhugh
April 1, 1952 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Peggy Jo Adler
January 16, 1956 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Ricky Glenn Adler
June 9, 1958 (Age 46 years)

Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Shelly Lynn Adler
1960 (Age 48 years)
Death of a motherHassie John Christian
June 21, 1961 (Age 49 years)
Cause: acute bronchitis - diarrhea
Death of a sisterWillard Eloise Fitzhugh
September 21, 1975 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 grandsonRicky Glenn Adler
May 27, 1976 (Age 64 years)

Death of a sisterAmie Floyd Fitzhugh
February 1984 (Age 72 years)
Death of a granddaughterShelly Lynn Adler
March 2, 1985 (Age 73 years)

Death of a husbandSherman Garfield Adler
December 22, 1986 (Age 75 years)
Death June 16, 1996 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fitzhugh Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1906
5 months
elder sister
Willard Eloise Fitzhugh
Birth: May 22, 1906 26 29Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 21, 1975Logan, Kentucky, United States
18 months
elder sister
Amie Floyd Fitzhugh
Birth: November 20, 1907 27 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 1984Wellsville, Columbiana, Ohio, United States
2 years
elder sister
Mary Erline Fitzhugh
Birth: January 1910 29 32Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
22 months
herself
Oma Todd Fitzhugh
Birth: October 18, 1911 31 34Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 16, 1996Simpson, Kentucky, United States
4 years
younger sister
Lady Pearl Fitzhugh
Birth: October 9, 1915 35 38Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 8, 2007Lee, Florida, United States
4 years
younger brother
Selden Christian Fitzhugh
Birth: March 31, 1919 39 41Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 20, 1996Logan, Kentucky, United States
Family with Sherman Garfield Adler - View this family
husband
herself
Oma Todd Fitzhugh
Birth: October 18, 1911 31 34Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 16, 1996Simpson, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Raymond O'dell Adler
Birth: May 31, 1933 22 21Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 31, 2015Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
20 months
son
Douglas Glenn Adler
Birth: January 25, 1935 24 23Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 27, 2012Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private

Oma Todd Fitzhugh has 11 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Plain Fitzhugh - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Fitzhugh, J PheadMW39MKYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Fitzhugh, HassiewifeFW42MKYKYKY
Fitzhugh, EloisedaughterFW13MKYKYKY
Fitzhugh, Amie FdaughterFW12MKYKYKY
Fitzhugh, Mary EdaughterFW10SKYKYKY
Fitzhugh, Oma TodddaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Fitzhugh, Lady PearldaughterFW4-4mMKYKYKY
Fitzhugh, Selden CsonMW9mMKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Sherman Garfield Adler - Household

Russellville and Greenville Road Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Adler, Garfield SheadMW19M18KYKYKYLaborerRoad Construction
Adler, O ToddwifeFW18M17KYKYKY