The Shemwell Family

William Otis “Willie” GoodmanAge: 40 years19111951

Name
William Otis “Willie” Goodman
Given names
William Otis
Surname
Goodman
Nickname
Willie
Birth January 21, 1911 36 26
MarriageEdith View this family
unknown

Death of a fatherWilliam L Goodman
September 14, 1911 (Age 7 months)
Death of a brotherHiram Samuel Goodman
January 24, 1913 (Age 2 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/
Census January 8, 1920 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Elizabeth Hooks
July 2, 1923 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 22, 1930 (Age 19 years)
MarriageCorda BaileyView this family
February 24, 1934 (Age 23 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 29 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
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
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 November 20, 1951 (Age 40 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tiline Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1902Kentucky, United States
-7 years
elder brother
9 years
elder brother
Lemuel Orville Goodman
Birth: December 12, 1902 28 18Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1987Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States
19 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Anna Lee Goodman
Birth: June 11, 1907 33 22Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 11, 1907Livingston, Kentucky, United States
16 months
elder brother
Hiram Samuel Goodman
Birth: October 11, 1908 34 24Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 24, 1913Livingston, Kentucky, United States
2 years
himself
William Otis “Willie” Goodman
Birth: January 21, 1911 36 26Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 20, 1951Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States
Mother’s family with Edward C Massey - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
Family with Corda Bailey - View this family
himself
William Otis “Willie” Goodman
Birth: January 21, 1911 36 26Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 20, 1951Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States
wife
Marriage: February 24, 1934Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Family with Edith - View this family
himself
William Otis “Willie” Goodman
Birth: January 21, 1911 36 26Livingston, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 20, 1951Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States
wife
Marriage:

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Mary Elizabeth Hooks - Household

Driskill, Livingston, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cockren, BettieheadFW77WdTNTNTN
Goodman, OrvillegrandsonMW17SKYKYKYmanagergeneral farm
Goodman, MinagranddaughterFW14SKYKYKY
Goodman, Willie OgrandsonMW8SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Clark Crouch - Household

Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Crouch, James CheadMW29MKYKYKYmachine operatorbrass factory
Goodman, MinawifeFW25MKYKYKY
Goodman, BernardinedaughterFW4SKYKYKY
Goodman, Otisbrother in lawMW19SKYKYKYmachine operatorbrass factory

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - William Otis “Willie” Goodman - Household

Cass Avenue Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Goodman, OtisheadMW29MKYSame PlaceTool MakerAuto Mfg.
Goodman, CordaXwifeFW28MKYSame PlaceWaitressRestaurant