The Shemwell Family

Edith R Rodgers1909

Name
Edith R Rodgers
Given names
Edith R
Surname
Rodgers
Birth 1909 43 33
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandmotherLucy Delphia Wincoff
January 2, 1917 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Monroe Burrage
May 13, 1917 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 8 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 9 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 9, 1920 (Age 11 years)
Death of a fatherJessie Pinkney Rodgers
January 31, 1922 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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 4, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 41 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 37 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
Deathunknown

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father
Jessie Pinkney Rodgers
Birth: February 19, 1865Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 31, 1922Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
mother
Marriage: July 6, 1893Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
4 years
elder brother
James B Rodgers
Birth: July 1897 32 22North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
Ruth W Rodgers
Birth: February 1900 34 24North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
4 years
herself

Edith R Rodgers has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jessie Pinkey Rodgers - Household

Winston, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Rodgers, Jessie P (Rev) headMW44M17NCNCNC
Rodgers, LottiewifeFW35M1765NCNCNC
Rodgers, James BsonMW12SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Ruth WdaughterFW10SNCNCNC
Rodgers, PearldaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Rodgers, BlanchedaughterFW4SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Edith RdaughterFW1SNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Jessie Pinkey Rodgers - Household

Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Rodgers, Jessie PheadMW54MNCNCNC
Rodgers, LottiewifeFW44MNCNCNC
Rodgers, James BsonMW22SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Ruth WdaughterFW19SNCNCNC
Rodgers, PearldaughterFW18SNCNCNC
Rodgers, BlanchedaughterFW14SNCNCNC
Rodgers, Edith RdaughterFW10SNCNCNC