The Shemwell Family

Carrie Ethel McCoyAge: 88 years19061994

Name
Carrie Ethel McCoy
Given names
Carrie Ethel
Surname
McCoy
Married name
Carrie Ethel Atkin
Birth September 2, 1906
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/
Birth of a son
#1
Allen Pressley Atkin
October 25, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Jerry Walter Atkin
July 24, 1926 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Robert Lee Atkin
September 11, 1928 (Age 22 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 18, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Death of a sonAllen Pressley Atkin
November 12, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#4
James William “Billy” Atkin
August 27, 1931 (Age 24 years)
Marriage of a childRobert Lee AtkinDorothy Leora SmithView this family
June 16, 1945 (Age 38 years)
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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Carolyn Annette Atkin
September 4, 1946 (Age 40 years)
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
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 December 6, 1994 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East View Cemetery
Family with Robert Allen “R A” Atkin - View this family
husband
herself
Carrie Ethel McCoy
Birth: September 2, 1906Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: December 6, 1994Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
son
Allen Pressley Atkin
Birth: October 25, 1923 19 17Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: November 12, 1930Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Jerry Walter Atkin
Birth: July 24, 1926 22 19Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: May 25, 1997
2 years
son
Robert Lee Atkin
Birth: September 11, 1928 24 22Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: August 22, 2003Anderson, South Carolina, United States
3 years
son
James William “Billy” Atkin
Birth: August 27, 1931 27 24Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: March 28, 2013Anderson, South Carolina, United States
son
Private

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Robert Allen “R A” Atkin - Household

Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Atkin, R AheadMW26M18SCSCSCWeaverCotton Mill
Atkin, CarriewifeFW22M16SCSCSC
Atkin, AllensonMW6SSCSCSC
Atkin, WaltersonMW3SSCSCSC
Atkin, RobertsonMW2SSCSCSC
Atkin, Newtelder brotherMW28M27SCSCSCSpinnerCotton Mill
Atkin, Julia Lsister in lawFW19M19SCSCSCDofferCotton Mill