The Shemwell Family

Fannie Ellen LockeAge: 84 years19141999

Name
Fannie Ellen Locke
Given names
Fannie Ellen
Surname
Locke
Married name
Fannie Ellen Byers
Birth September 27, 1914 30 23
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 months)

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 paternal grandfatherRichard Alexander Locke
August 31, 1917 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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 15, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterDora Lee Locke
August 29, 1922 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 16, 1930 (Age 15 years)
MarriageJulian C ByersView this family
about 1939 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Norman Gale Byers
July 27, 1939 (Age 24 years)
Census May 7, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Death of a motherEudora Lafield “Eula” Parker
November 30, 1941 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 fatherRichard Seymour Locke
March 28, 1951 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 35 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 sisterDora Lee Locke
August 29, 1971 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandJulian C Byers
January 1974 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 sonNorman Gale Byers
October 31, 1990 (Age 76 years)
Death January 23, 1999 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Richard Seymour Locke
Birth: November 13, 1883 33 29Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 28, 1951Spencer, Indiana, United States
mother
Eudora Lafield “Eula” Parker
Birth: July 16, 1891Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 30, 1941Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
herself
Fannie Ellen Locke
Birth: September 27, 1914 30 23Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 1999Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
8 years
younger sister
Dora Lee Locke
Birth: August 29, 1922 38 31Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 29, 1971Melrose Park, Cook, Illinois, United States
sister
Private
Family with Julian C Byers - View this family
husband
Julian C Byers
Birth: January 21, 1916 30Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 1974Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, United States
herself
Fannie Ellen Locke
Birth: September 27, 1914 30 23Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 1999Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: about 1939
7 months
son
Norman Gale Byers
Birth: July 27, 1939 23 24Rosiclare, Hardin, Illinois, United States
Death: October 31, 1990Daviess, Kentucky, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Richard Seymour Locke - Household

Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Locke, Richard SheadMW36MKYTNKYLoaderCoal Mine
Locke, EulawifeFW28MKYTNTN
Locke, Fannie EdaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Jackson, James TboarderMW32WdKYTNUSLoaderCoal Mine
Locke, Shellyyounger brotherMW31WdKYTNKYLoaderCoal Mine

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Richard Seymour Locke - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Locke, Richard SheadMW46M29KYKYKYMachine MinerCoal Mine
Locke, Eudora LwifeFW38M21KYKYKY
Locke, Fannie BdaughterFW15SKYKYKY
Locke, Dora LdaughterFW7SKYKYKY