The Shemwell Family

Ada Fern TrueAge: 66 years19071973

Name
Ada Fern True
Given names
Ada Fern
Surname
True
Married name
Ada Fern Gholson
Birth March 22, 1907 26 23
Birth of a sisterEdna Holland True
January 10, 1909 (Age 21 months)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHenry Ward Holland
July 30, 1909 (Age 2 years)
Census April 26, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 grandmotherElizabeth Haseltine Parker
April 1, 1918 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 27, 1920 (Age 12 years)
MarriageErnest Wilbur GholsonView this family
November 29, 1923 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 fatherRobert Newton True
November 29, 1946 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 38 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 May 14, 1973 (Age 66 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 1, 1905Centerton, Benton, Arkansas, United States
18 months
herself
Ada Fern True
Birth: March 22, 1907 26 23Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 14, 1973Ventura, Ventura, California, United States
22 months
younger sister
Edna Holland True
Birth: January 10, 1909 28 25Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 22, 1987Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Ernest Wilbur Gholson - View this family
husband
Ernest Wilbur Gholson
Birth: October 19, 1903Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: December 27, 1979Ventura, Ventura, California, United States
herself
Ada Fern True
Birth: March 22, 1907 26 23Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 14, 1973Ventura, Ventura, California, United States
Marriage: November 29, 1923Benton, Arkansas, United States

Ada Fern True has 30 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Elizabeth Parker - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Holland, E HheadFW72Wd88TNTNTN
True, EmmadaughterFW26M422ARTNTN
True, AdagranddaughterFW3SARARAR
True, EdnagranddaughterFW1SARARAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Newton True - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
True, Newt RheadMW38MARUSUSfarmer
True, EmmawifeFW36MARTNKY
True, AdadaughterFW12SARARAR
True, EdnadaughterFW10SARARAR