The Shemwell Family

Lennie Belle NewmanAge: 96 years18921989

Name
Lennie Belle Newman
Given names
Lennie Belle
Surname
Newman
Married name
Lennie Belle Locke
Birth September 22, 1892 29 22
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageFrank Coleman LockeView this family
estimated 1907 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Carrie Marie Locke
March 27, 1908 (Age 15 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Death of a motherIsabelle Hays
June 28, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Martha Belle Locke
November 4, 1910 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Curtis Grant Locke
March 21, 1913 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James Franklin Locke
March 16, 1915 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 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 son
#5
Richard Henry Locke
February 28, 1918 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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 27 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Carl Alvin Locke Sr.
February 29, 1920 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Philip Wesley Locke
April 11, 1922 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Jonell Locke
August 3, 1925 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Loise Marie Wilhelm
May 8, 1926 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Georgia Dean Wilhelm
September 6, 1927 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#9
William Durwood Locke
October 27, 1927 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonWilliam Durwood Locke
May 29, 1928 (Age 35 years)
Cause: Influenza
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 37 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 daughter
#10
Odell Locke
November 28, 1929 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Colleen June Moore
January 31, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Death of a fatherClaudius Grant Newman
December 30, 1930 (Age 38 years)

Birth of a son
#11
Robert Lee Locke
June 16, 1931 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a grandson
#4
Thomas Dale Wilhelm
February 17, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a son
#12
Ernest Ray Locke
March 30, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sonErnest Ray Locke
March 30, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a grandson
#5
Wayne Donald Moore
July 19, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Carol Joyce Moore
September 24, 1935 (Age 43 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Barbara A Locke
December 3, 1936 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childCurtis Grant LockeStella Anna BogackaView this family
estimated 1936 (Age 43 years)

Birth of a grandson
#8
Cecil William Moore Jr.
April 10, 1937 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a grandson
#9
William Grant Locke
December 31, 1938 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childJames Franklin LockeCatherine Pearl WrightView this family
December 11, 1939 (Age 47 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 49 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
#10
Robert Dell “Bob” Reynolds
April 14, 1946 (Age 53 years)
Death of a granddaughterCarol Joyce Moore
February 12, 1950 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childRobert Lee LockePatricia Ann AultonView this family
October 20, 1951 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 57 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
Birth of a grandson
#11
Franklin Daniel Locke
February 1, 1954 (Age 61 years)

Death of a grandsonWayne Donald Moore
March 5, 1955 (Age 62 years)
Death of a husbandFrank Coleman Locke
March 17, 1957 (Age 64 years)
Death of a daughterCarrie Marie Locke
April 17, 1966 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sonRichard Henry Locke
May 26, 1968 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sonCurtis Grant Locke
August 13, 1971 (Age 78 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 sonCarl Alvin Locke Sr.
April 20, 1978 (Age 85 years)
Death of a daughterJonell Locke
January 28, 1981 (Age 88 years)
Death of a grandsonFranklin Daniel Locke
April 1981 (Age 88 years)
Death of a sonPhilip Wesley Locke
September 9, 1983 (Age 90 years)
Death of a grandsonThomas Dale Wilhelm
April 25, 1985 (Age 92 years)
Death August 14, 1989 (Age 96 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel Hill Gardens South
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Isabelle Hays
Birth: September 28, 1869Greensburg, Green, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 28, 1910Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
herself
Family with Frank Coleman Locke - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: estimated 1907
15 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
2 years
son
Curtis Grant Locke
Birth: March 21, 1913 26 20Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 13, 1971Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
2 years
son
James Franklin Locke
Birth: March 16, 1915 28 22Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 17, 1993Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
3 years
son
Richard Henry Locke
Birth: February 28, 1918 31 25Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 26, 1968Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
2 years
son
Carl Alvin Locke Sr.
Birth: February 29, 1920 33 27Central City, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: April 20, 1978Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
2 years
son
Philip Wesley Locke
Birth: April 11, 1922 35 29Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 9, 1983Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
3 years
daughter
Jonell Locke
Birth: August 3, 1925 39 32Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 28, 1981Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
2 years
son
William Durwood Locke
Birth: October 27, 1927 41 35Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 29, 1928Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Odell Locke
Birth: November 28, 1929 43 37Beech Creek, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 18, 2017Saint Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
19 months
son
Robert Lee Locke
Birth: June 16, 1931 44 38Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 21, 1999Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama, United States
21 months
son
Ernest Ray Locke
Birth: March 30, 1933 46 40Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 30, 1933Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Frank Coleman Locke - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Locke, Frank CheadMW23M13KYTNKYFarmerGeneral Farm
Locke, Lennie BwifeFW17M1311KYKYKY
Locke, Carrie MdaughterFW2SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Frank Coleman Locke - Household

Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Locke, FrankheadMW34MKYTNKYLoaderCoal Mine
Locke, Lennie BwifeFW27MKYKYKY
Locke, Carrie MdaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Locke, Martha BdaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Locke, Curtis GsonMW6SKYKYKY
Locke, FranklinsonMW4-9mSKYKYKY
Locke, Richard HsonMW1-10mSKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Frank Coleman Locke - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Locke, Frank CheadMW44M21KYKYKYMachine RunnerCoal Mine
Locke, Lennie BwifeFW38M14KYKYKY
Locke, Curtis GsonMW17SKYKYKYTraperCoal Mine
Locke, James FsonMW15SKYKYKY
Locke, Richard HsonMW12SKYKYKY
Locke, Carl AsonMW10SKYKYKY
Locke, Philip WsonMW8SKYKYKY
Locke, JonelldaughterFW5SKYKYKY
Locke, OdelldaughterFW3mSKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Frank Coleman Locke - Household

Hagar, Berrien, Michigan

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Locke, FrankXheadMW51MKYSame PlaceShoveler WPARoad Work
Locke, LenniewifeFW47MKYSame Place
Locke, RichardsonMW22SKYSame PlaceFarm HandFarm
Locke, PhilipsonMW18SKYSame Place
Locke, JonelldaughterFW14SKYSame Place
Locke, OdelldaughterFW10SKYSame Place
Locke, RobertsonMW8SKYSame Place