The Shemwell Family

Roberta McGeheeAge: 99 years19002000

Name
Roberta McGehee
Given names
Roberta
Surname
McGehee
Married name
Roberta Laster
Birth December 22, 1900 25 25
Birth of a brotherWilliam Ernest McGehee
September 18, 1902 (Age 20 months)
Birth of a brother“Little Brother” McGehee
April 10, 1904 (Age 3 years)
Death of a brother“Little Brother” McGehee
May 29, 1904 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterNettie McGehee
May 10, 1905 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brother“Infant Son” McGehee
July 6, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Death of a brother“Infant Son” McGehee
July 6, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterAlpha Greely McGehee
January 26, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterNannie Marie McGehee
November 18, 1911 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterLilian McGehee
December 9, 1914 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterLilian McGehee
December 9, 1914 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 sisterLucille McGehee
February 21, 1917 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 March 24, 1920 (Age 19 years)
MarriageHomer Lawson LasterView this family
1922 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Shelby Thomas Laster
March 13, 1923 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Shelly Ray Laster
February 14, 1926 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Dorothy Lee Laster
July 18, 1929 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 24, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Fannie Elizabeth “Bell” Laster
March 30, 1931 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#5
John William “Johnny” Laster
March 15, 1933 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Rev Homer Lawson Laster Jr
July 12, 1935 (Age 34 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Carlton “Car” McGehee
April 20, 1937 (Age 36 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Helen Louise Laster
May 5, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Evelyn Laster
February 20, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterEvelyn Laster
February 28, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Death of a daughterHelen Louise Laster
December 18, 1944 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Jewell Ray Laster
January 17, 1945 (Age 44 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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
Birth of a grandson
#2
Marvin Taylor Latham
May 23, 1947 (Age 46 years)
Death of a grandsonMarvin Taylor Latham
May 23, 1947 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#3
James Homer Laster
February 9, 1953 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 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 fatherHorace Greely McGehee
June 26, 1954 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Gary Joe Laster
September 3, 1954 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Larry Wayne Latham
April 2, 1955 (Age 54 years)

Death of a grandsonLarry Wayne Latham
April 14, 1955 (Age 54 years)

Death of a motherFannie Lavina Settle
August 21, 1964 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Ernest McGehee
March 20, 1967 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 sisterAlpha Greely McGehee
May 8, 1977 (Age 76 years)
Death of a brotherHarvey J McGehee
November 26, 1978 (Age 77 years)
Death of a husbandHomer Lawson Laster
December 15, 1982 (Age 81 years)
Death of a sisterNannie Marie McGehee
February 2, 1984 (Age 83 years)
Death of a sonShelly Ray Laster
June 10, 1985 (Age 84 years)
Death of a sisterElizabeth “Bessie” McGehee
September 10, 1987 (Age 86 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Arthur McGehee
April 25, 1995 (Age 94 years)
Death of a daughterFannie Elizabeth “Bell” Laster
April 18, 1996 (Age 95 years)
Death of a sisterNettie McGehee
May 23, 1996 (Age 95 years)
Death March 3, 2000 (Age 99 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Slaughter Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 2, 1893Todd, Kentucky, United States
16 months
elder brother
Harvey J McGehee
Birth: March 9, 1895 19 19Kentucky, United States
Death: November 26, 1978Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Elizabeth “Bessie” McGehee
Birth: November 19, 1897 21 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 10, 1987Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Henry Arthur McGehee
Birth: November 9, 1899 23 24Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 25, 1995Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
13 months
herself
21 months
younger brother
William Ernest McGehee
Birth: September 18, 1902 26 27Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 20, 1967Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
19 months
younger brother
“Little Brother” McGehee
Birth: April 10, 1904 28 29Kentucky, United States
Death: May 29, 1904Kentucky, United States
13 months
younger sister
Nettie McGehee
Birth: May 10, 1905 29 30Kentucky, United States
Death: May 23, 1996Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger brother
“Infant Son” McGehee
Birth: July 6, 1908 32 33Kentucky, United States
Death: July 6, 1908Kentucky, United States
19 months
younger sister
Alpha Greely McGehee
Birth: January 26, 1910 34 34Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 8, 1977Kentucky, United States
22 months
younger sister
Nannie Marie McGehee
Birth: November 18, 1911 35 36Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 2, 1984Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Lilian McGehee
Birth: December 9, 1914 38 39Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 9, 1914Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger sister
Lucille McGehee
Birth: February 21, 1917 41 41Kentucky, United States
Death: September 7, 2006Russellvile, Kentucky, United States
Family with Homer Lawson Laster - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: 1922
14 months
son
Shelby Thomas Laster
Birth: March 13, 1923 20 22Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 27, 2006Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
son
Shelly Ray Laster
Birth: February 14, 1926 23 25Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 10, 1985Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Dorothy Lee Laster
Birth: July 18, 1929 27 28Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 21, 2020Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
20 months
daughter
Fannie Elizabeth “Bell” Laster
Birth: March 30, 1931 28 30Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1996Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son
John William “Johnny” Laster
Birth: March 15, 1933 30 32Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 11, 2014Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son
Rev Homer Lawson Laster Jr
Birth: July 12, 1935 33 34Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 12, 2021Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
5 years
daughter
Helen Louise Laster
Birth: May 5, 1940 38 39Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 18, 1944Kentucky, United States
4 years
daughter
Evelyn Laster
Birth: February 20, 1944 41 43Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 28, 1944Todd, Kentucky, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Horace Greely McGehee - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McGehee, Horace GheadMW35M17KYKYKYEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmYesYesOFF
McGehee, Fannie LwifeFW33M1797KYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
McGehee, Harvey JsonMW15SKYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYesYes
McGehee, ElizabethdaughterFW11SKYKYKYEnglishNoneYesNoYes
McGehee, Henry AsonMW10SKYKYKYEnglishNoneYesNoYes
McGehee, RobertadaughterFW8SKYKYKYNoneYes
McGehee, William EsonMW7SKYKYKYNoneYes
McGehee, NettiedaughterFW4SKYKYKYNone
McGehee, Alpha GdaughterFW3/12SKYKYKYNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Horace Greely McGehee - Household

Clifty, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McGehee, Horace GheadOFMW44MYesYesKYKYKYKYYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
McGehee, Fannie LwifeFW44MYesYesKYKYKYKYYesNone
McGehee, ElizabethdaughterFW23SYesYesKYKYKYYesHouse WorkPrivate FamilyW
McGehee, RobertadaughterFW19SNoYesYesKYKYKYYesNone
McGehee, William EsonMW17SYesYesYesKYKYKYYesNone
McGehee, NettiedaughterFW14SYesYesYesKYKYKYYesNone
McGehee, Alpha GdaughterFW10SYesYesYesKYKYKYYesNone
McGehee, Nannie MdaughterFW8SYesYesYesKYKYKYYesNone
McGehee, LucilledaughterFW2 yrs 9 mosSKYKYKYYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Homer Lawson Laster - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Laster, Homer LheadMW28M20KYKYKYlaborersaw mill
Laster, RobertawifeFW29M21KYKYKY
Laster, ShelbysonMW7SKYKYKY
Laster, Shelly RsonMW4SKYKYKY
Laster, Dorothy LdaughterFW9 monthsSKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Homer Lawson Laster - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Laster, Omer headMW38MKYlaborerfarm
Laster, RobertawifeFW39MKY
Laster, ShelbiesonMW17SKY
Laster, Sheley RaysonMW14SKY
Laster, Dorothy LeedaughterFW10SKY
Laster, Fannie BelldaughterFW9SKY
Laster, John WsonMW7SKY
Laster, JrsonMW5SKY