The Shemwell Family

Tilda Maxine GinnAge: 93 years19102003

Name
Tilda Maxine Ginn
Given names
Tilda Maxine
Surname
Ginn
Married name
Tilda Maxine Lewis
Birth June 17, 1910 36 30
Birth of a sisterThelma Irene Ginn
September 18, 1912 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 6 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 7 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 February 4, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a motherFlorence Izorah McGehee
February 13, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Edward Megehee
April 27, 1923 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherEvaline Harriet Bell
November 25, 1928 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 9, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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
Death of a fatherJames Lulard “Linnie” Ginn
April 4, 1953 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 35 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 sisterEvelyn Belle Ginn
April 10, 1981 (Age 70 years)
Death of a husbandWare Thomas Lewis
June 28, 1987 (Age 77 years)
Death of a sisterFlorence Ida Ginn
November 13, 1996 (Age 86 years)

Death December 28, 2003 (Age 93 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: March 3, 1901Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
15 months
elder sister
5 years
elder sister
Evelyn Belle Ginn
Birth: January 31, 1907 33 27Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 10, 1981Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
herself
Tilda Maxine Ginn
Birth: June 17, 1910 36 30Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 28, 2003Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Thelma Irene Ginn
Birth: September 18, 1912 38 33Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 9, 2004Logan, Quay, New Mexico, United States
Family with Ware Thomas Lewis - View this family
husband
Ware Thomas Lewis
Birth: January 8, 1906Arkansas, United States
Death: June 28, 1987Los Angeles, California, United States
herself
Tilda Maxine Ginn
Birth: June 17, 1910 36 30Tribbey, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 28, 2003Bellflower, Los Angeles, California, United States
son
Private
son
Private
son
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Tilda Maxine Ginn has 26 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Lulard “Linn” Ginn - Household

Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ginn, LinnheadMW47MARALGAPeace Officer
Ginn, FlorencewifeFW40MTX?TN
Ginn, J IdadaughterFW17SOKOKUS
Ginn, BelldaughterFW13SOKOKUS
Ginn, TildadaughterFW9SOKOKUS
Ginn, ThelmadaughterFW7SOKOKUS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ware Thomas Lewis - Household

Asp Avenue Norman, Cleveland, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lewis, WareheadMW24M23ARALARLaborerPick up work
Lewis, TildawifeFW19M18OKARAR