The Shemwell Family

Barbara Luella FordAge: 74 years19181992

Name
Barbara Luella Ford
Given names
Barbara Luella
Surname
Ford
Married name
Barbara Luella Walker
Birth January 21, 1918 33 30
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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/
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Larkin Paxton
1920 (Age 23 months)
Census January 15, 1920 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a sisterRuth Anne Ford
June 14, 1921 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Robert Ford
September 4, 1923 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherJames Robert Ford
January 13, 1926 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 11 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 10, 1930 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherBarbara Jane Driskill
September 11, 1942 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 23 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 31 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 brotherThomas Gaines “Tom” Ford
August 29, 1971 (Age 53 years)
Death of a sisterOpal Beatrice Ford
February 8, 1974 (Age 56 years)
Death of a fatherVerna Elmore Ford
April 7, 1974 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 27 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 motherMayme Nell Paxton
April 28, 1976 (Age 58 years)
Death December 24, 1992 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1905
22 months
elder sister
Opal Beatrice Ford
Birth: November 15, 1906 22 18Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 8, 1974Davidson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
elder brother
Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford
Birth: April 15, 1910 25 22Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 29, 1971Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
8 years
herself
Barbara Luella Ford
Birth: January 21, 1918 33 30Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 1992Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Ruth Anne Ford
Birth: June 14, 1921 36 33Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 30, 2009Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
James Robert Ford
Birth: September 4, 1923 38 35Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 13, 1926Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
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husband
Robert Miller Walker
Birth: June 19, 1917Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, United States
Death: April 12, 2009Fairfield, Wayne, Illinois, United States
herself
Barbara Luella Ford
Birth: January 21, 1918 33 30Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 24, 1992Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
son
Private
son
Private
daughter
Private

Barbara Luella Ford has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household

399 Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ford, V EheadMW35MKYKYKYManager TobaccoFactory
Ford, MaymewifeFW31MKYKYKY
Ford, OpaldaughterFW14SKYKYKY
Ford, ThomassonMW9SKYKYKY
Ford, BarbaradaughterFW1-11mSKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household

West Cross Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ford, VernaheadMW44M21KYKYKYManagerTobacco Exports
Ford, MaymiewifeFW42M18KYKYKY
Ford, TomsonMW20SKYKYKY
Ford, BarbaradaughterFW12SKYKYKY
Ford, Ruth AnnedaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Paxton, Barbara Jmother(in law)FW74WdKYTNKY