The Shemwell Family

Robert Lee AtkinAge: 74 years19282003

Name
Robert Lee Atkin
Given names
Robert Lee
Surname
Atkin
Birth September 11, 1928 24 22
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 12 months)

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 19 months)
Death of a brotherAllen Pressley Atkin
November 12, 1930 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherJames William “Billy” Atkin
August 27, 1931 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherAlbert Allen Atkin
June 18, 1933 (Age 4 years)
MarriageDorothy Leora SmithView this family
June 16, 1945 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 13 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 daughter
#1
Carolyn Annette Atkin
September 4, 1946 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 21 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 17 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 motherCarrie Ethel McCoy
December 6, 1994 (Age 66 years)
Death of a fatherRobert Allen “R A” Atkin
February 12, 1995 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherJerry Walter Atkin
May 25, 1997 (Age 68 years)

Death of a daughterCarolyn Annette Atkin
February 13, 2003 (Age 74 years)
Death August 22, 2003 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: East View Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Carrie Ethel McCoy
Birth: September 2, 1906Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: December 6, 1994Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
elder brother
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
elder brother
Jerry Walter Atkin
Birth: July 24, 1926 22 19Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: May 25, 1997
2 years
himself
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
younger brother
James William “Billy” Atkin
Birth: August 27, 1931 27 24Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: March 28, 2013Anderson, South Carolina, United States
brother
Private
Family with Dorothy Leora Smith - View this family
himself
Robert Lee Atkin
Birth: September 11, 1928 24 22Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: August 22, 2003Anderson, South Carolina, United States
wife
Dorothy Leora Smith
Birth: 1927Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: April 21, 2016Seneca, Oconee, South Carolina, United States
Marriage: June 16, 1945Honea Path, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
15 months
daughter
Carolyn Annette Atkin
Birth: September 4, 1946 17 19Anderson, South Carolina, United States
Death: February 13, 2003Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States

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