The Shemwell Family

Lorena F TopmillerAge: 59 years19001959

Name
Lorena F Topmiller
Given names
Lorena F
Surname
Topmiller
Married name
Lorena F Hudspeth
Birth 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageJames Bertram Hudspeth SrView this family
about 1921 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a son
#1
James Bertram Hudspeth Jr.
May 26, 1925 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 4, 1930 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Paul Robert Hudspeth
August 19, 1933 (Age 33 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 husbandJames Bertram Hudspeth Sr
June 2, 1951 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 50 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 46 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 March 31, 1959 (Age 59 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Fairview Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage:
herself
Family with James Bertram Hudspeth Sr - View this family
husband
James Bertram Hudspeth Sr
Birth: June 19, 1890 28 26Kentucky, United States
Death: June 2, 1951Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1921
4 years
son
8 years
son
Paul Robert Hudspeth
Birth: August 19, 1933 43 33Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 2, 2013Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Bertram Hudspeth Sr - Household

Boat Landing Pike Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hudspeth, BertheadMW39M30KYKYKYPrescriptionistDrug Store
Hudspeth, LorenawifeFW30M20KYKYKY
Hudspeth, Bert JrsonMW4-11mSKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Bertram Hudspeth Sr - Household

809 South Tenth Street Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hudspeth, James BheadMW49MKYBowling GreenWarrenKYPharmicistDrug Store
Hudspeth, LorenaXwifeFW40MKYBowling GreenWarrenKY
Hudspeth, James B JrsonMW14SKYBowling GreenWarrenKY
Hudspeth, PaulsonMW6SKYBowling GreenWarrenKY