The Shemwell Family

Thomas Franklin HopkinsAge: 42 years19061948

Name
Thomas Franklin Hopkins
Given names
Thomas Franklin
Surname
Hopkins
Birth June 1, 1906 21 20
MarriagePansy HarrisView this family
unknown

Marriage of parentsMarion Oscar HopkinsFannie CarnealView this family
1906
Birth of a sisterDovie C Hopkins
October 19, 1907 (Age 16 months)
Birth of a brotherMarion Oscar Hopkins Jr
March 11, 1909 (Age 2 years)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterSusan M Hopkins
January 12, 1911 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterGertrude Hopkins
October 23, 1912 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherCharles Edgar “Charley” Hopkins
November 29, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 sisterEffie Ethel Hopkins
January 25, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 brotherJohn Lendel Hopkins
March 10, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a sisterNellie May Hopkins
May 5, 1921 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brotherGeorge Robert Hopkins
August 5, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterWilma Jean Hopkins
December 2, 1925 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Marilyn Frances Hopkins
October 26, 1927 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sisterDovie C Hopkins
January 2, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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
Birth of a son
#2
Floyd Thomas “Bud” Hopkins
January 27, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary J Groves
June 26, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherBenjamin Franklin Carneal
September 6, 1937 (Age 31 years)

DivorcePansy HarrisView this family
January 1940 (Age 33 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 son
#3
Gary R Hopkins
1947 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 19, 1948 (Age 42 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1906Kentucky, United States
5 months
himself
17 months
younger sister
Dovie C Hopkins
Birth: October 19, 1907 22 22Kentucky, United States
Death: January 2, 1928Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
17 months
younger brother
Marion Oscar Hopkins Jr
Birth: March 11, 1909 24 23Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 21, 1967Mount Sterling, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States
22 months
younger sister
Susan M Hopkins
Birth: January 12, 1911 26 25Kentucky, United States
Death: January 30, 1973Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
21 months
younger sister
Gertrude Hopkins
Birth: October 23, 1912 27 27Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 16, 1990Dayton, Greene, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
Charles Edgar “Charley” Hopkins
Birth: November 29, 1914 29 29Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 9, 1992Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger sister
Effie Ethel Hopkins
Birth: January 25, 1917 32 31Cleaton, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 13, 1991Orange, California, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Lendel Hopkins
Birth: March 10, 1919 34 33Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 1, 1986Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
younger sister
Nellie May Hopkins
Birth: May 5, 1921 36 35Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 31, 2014Ohio, United States
2 years
younger brother
George Robert Hopkins
Birth: August 5, 1923 38 38Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 15, 1994Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, United States
2 years
younger sister
Wilma Jean Hopkins
Birth: December 2, 1925 40 40Kentucky, United States
Death: April 18, 1975
Family with Pansy Harris - View this family
himself
ex-wife
Marriage:
Divorce: January 1940Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
-12 years
daughter
Marilyn Frances Hopkins
Birth: October 26, 1927 21 18Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 1980
2 years
son
Floyd Thomas “Bud” Hopkins
Birth: January 27, 1930 23 21Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Death: March 31, 2018Sacramento, California, United States
Family with Private - View this family
himself
wife
Private
son
Gary R Hopkins
Birth: 1947 40Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States
Death: 1949Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Marion Oscar Hopkins - Household

Lewisburg, Logan, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Hopkins, Marion OheadMW25M4KYNCKYfarmer
Hopkins, FanniewifeFW24M433KYKYKY
Hopkins, Thomas FsonMW3SKYKYKY
Hopkins, Dovie CdaughterFW2SKYKYKY
Hopkins, Marion O, JrsonMW1SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Marion Oscar Hopkins - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hopkins, Marion OheadMW35MKYVAVAminercoal mine
Hopkins, FanniewifeFW35MKYKYKY
Hopkins, Thomas FsonMW13SKYKYKY
Hopkins, ClaradonadaughterFW12SKYKYKY
Hopkins, Oscar MsonMW10SKYKYKY
Hopkins, Susan MdaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Hopkins, GertrudedaughterFW7SKYKYKY
Hopkins, Charles EsonMW5SKYKYKY
Hopkins, Effie EdaughterFW2 years 11 monthsSKYKYKY
Hopkins, John LsonMW9 monthsSKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas F Hopkins - Household

Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hopkins, Thomas FheadMW23MKYKYKYassemblerauto parts motors
Hopkinss, PansywifeFW21MKYKYKY
Hopkins, Marilyn daughterFW2SKYKYKY
Hopkins, Floyd TsonMW 2 monthsSOHKYKY