The Shemwell Family

Verda Mae “Verdie” WebbAge: 66 years19061972

Name
Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb
Given names
Verda Mae
Surname
Webb
Nickname
Verdie
Married name
Verda Mae Clark
Married name
Verda Mae Hall
Birth January 7, 1906 31 26
MarriageBill HallView this family
unknown

Census April 16, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Roy Webb
November 2, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEdith Pearl Webb
December 15, 1912 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMable Bell Webb
October 21, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterLorene Bernice Webb
August 17, 1916 (Age 10 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
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 January 2, 1920 (Age 13 years)
MarriageLeroy Walter ClarkView this family
June 2, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Leroy Walter Clark Jr.
1924 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 2, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Tennesse Orme
December 3, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLloyd Walker Webb
August 2, 1935 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sonLeroy Walter Clark Jr.
August 6, 1944 (Age 38 years)

Note: WW II
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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 43 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 fatherThomas Washington Webb
May 13, 1961 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherAbbie B Nichols
August 24, 1961 (Age 55 years)

Death of a sisterEdith Pearl Webb
February 9, 1963 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 October 10, 1972 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Okmulgee Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1903
3 years
herself
Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb
Birth: January 7, 1906 31 26Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 10, 1972Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger brother
John Roy Webb
Birth: November 2, 1910 36 31Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 9, 1989Preston, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger sister
Edith Pearl Webb
Birth: December 15, 1912 38 33Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 9, 1963Preston, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
22 months
younger sister
Mable Bell Webb
Birth: October 21, 1914 40 35Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 18, 2005Glendora, Los Angeles, California, United States
22 months
younger sister
Lorene Bernice Webb
Birth: August 17, 1916 41 36Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 28, 2013Claremore, Rogers, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Leroy Walter Clark - View this family
husband
herself
Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb
Birth: January 7, 1906 31 26Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 10, 1972Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: June 2, 1923Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
19 months
son
Leroy Walter Clark Jr.
Birth: 1924 22 17Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 6, 1944
Family with Bill Hall - View this family
husband
herself
Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb
Birth: January 7, 1906 31 26Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 10, 1972Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage:

Verda Mae “Verdie” Webb has 13 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Washington Webb - Household

Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Webb, Thomas WheadMW34M7TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Webb, AbbiewifeFW30M711TNTNTN
Webb, VerdiedaughterFW4STNTNTN
Webb, Allenyounger brotherMW21STNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Washington Webb - Household

Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Webb, Thomas WheadMW45MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Webb, Abbie BwifeFW40MTNTNTN
Webb, Verdie MdaughterFW13STNTNTN
Webb, John RsonMW9SOKTNTN
Webb, Edith PdaughterFW7SOKTNTN
Webb, Mable BdaughterFW5SOKTNTN
Webb, L BurnicedaughterFW3-4mSOKTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Washington Webb - Household

Hamilton, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Webb, Thomas WheadMW54M27TNTNTNJanitorSchool
Webb, Abbie BwifeFW50MTNTNTN
Webb, Roy JsonMW19SOKTNTN
Webb, Edith PdaughterFW17SOKTNTN
Webb, MaybelldaughterFW16SOKTNTN
Webb, Bernice LdaughterFW13SOKTNTN
Clark, VerdadaughterFW23M16TNTNTN
Clark, Roy Jgrand sonMW6SOKTNTN
Nichol, OttonephewMW21STNTNTN