The Shemwell Family

Lowell Leon ValentineAge: 80 years19041985

Name
Lowell Leon Valentine
Given names
Lowell Leon
Surname
Valentine
Birth June 4, 1904
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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/
MarriageOpal Beatrice FordView this family
estimated 1925 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Patsy Joe Valentine
March 12, 1926 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 9, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 granddaughter
#1
Kristine Anne Kockritz
October 18, 1950 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 wifeOpal Beatrice Ford
February 8, 1974 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 May 27, 1985 (Age 80 years)
Family with Opal Beatrice Ford - View this family
himself
Lowell Leon Valentine
Birth: June 4, 1904Fulton, Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 27, 1985Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Opal Beatrice Ford
Birth: November 15, 1906 22 18Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1974Davidson, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: estimated 1925
14 months
daughter
Patsy Joe Valentine
Birth: March 12, 1926 21 19Warren, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 17, 2016Frisco, Denton, Texas, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lowell Leon Valentine - Household

North Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Valentine, LowellheadMW25M20TNTNTNTeacherPublic School
Valentine, OpalwifeFW24M19KYKYKY
Valentine, Patsy JoedaughterFW4-3mMKYTNKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lowell Leon Valentine - Household

Bonnycastle Avenue Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Valentine, LloydheadMW34MKYFranklinKY? Finance Director??
Valentine, OpalXwifeFW32MKYFranklinKY
Valentine, PattsydaughterFW14SKYFranklinKY