The Shemwell Family

Edward Casto SelbyAge: 23 years19071930

Name
Edward Casto Selby
Given names
Edward Casto
Surname
Selby
Birth about 1907 55 45
Census May 4, 1910 (Age 3 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam R Hyder
June 12, 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/
Census February 5, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Death of a sisterGeorgia Pearl Selby
March 12, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Monroe Selby
August 30, 1926 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherNicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby
March 1, 1929 (Age 22 years)
MarriageRuby Pearl KnottView this family
July 2, 1929 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 23 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jack Wayne Selby
May 26, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death June 22, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1883
23 months
elder brother
Nicholas Hoye “Nick” Selby
Birth: November 30, 1884 33 23Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 1, 1929Colfax, Grant, Louisiana, United States
20 months
elder sister
Amanda Alice Selby
Birth: August 8, 1886 35 24Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1972Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Anna J Selby
Birth: September 2, 1888 37 26Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 1, 1891Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
23 months
elder sister
Effie Mae Selby
Birth: July 29, 1890 39 28Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 8, 1977Rapides, Louisiana, United States
3 years
elder brother
James Ernest Selby
Birth: March 8, 1893 41 31Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 10, 1896Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
20 months
elder sister
2 years
elder sister
3 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Georgia Pearl Selby
Birth: February 7, 1902 50 40Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 12, 1920Vandever, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder sister
Minnie Selby
Birth: January 31, 1905 53 43Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 4, 1905Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
3 years
himself
Edward Casto Selby
Birth: about 1907 55 45Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 1930Sabine, Louisiana, United States
Family with Ruby Pearl Knott - View this family
himself
Edward Casto Selby
Birth: about 1907 55 45Tennessee, United States
Death: June 22, 1930Sabine, Louisiana, United States
wife
Ruby Pearl Knott
Birth: July 18, 1911 25 22Marthaville, Sabine, Louisiana, United States
Death: June 25, 2003Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States
Marriage: July 2, 1929Rapides, Rapides, Louisiana, United States
11 months
son
Jack Wayne Selby
Birth: May 26, 1930 23 18Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 18, 2020Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Edward Casto Selby has 24 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William Monroe Selby - Household

Vandever To Hales Mill

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Selby, William MheadMW60M125TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Selby, Mary EwifeFW47M125118TNTNTN
Selby, EffiedaughterFW19STNTNTN
Selby, JoannadaughterFW15STNTNTN
Selby, EvadaughterFW13STNTNTN
Selby, FordsonMW10STNTNTN
Selby, GeorgiadaughterFW9STNTNTN
Selby, CastosonMW3STNTNTN
Hyder, William RMW69WdTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Monroe Selby - Household

Vandever Road Cumberland, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Selby, William MheadMW68MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Selby, Mary EwifeFW58MTNTNTN
Selby, Georgia PdaughterFW17STNTNTN
Selby, Casto EsonMW13STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Edward Casto Selby - Household

Robeline, Natchitoches, Louisiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Selby, Edward CheadMW23M23TNTNTNLaborerSaw Mill
Selby, RubiewifeFW18M18LALALA