The Shemwell Family

Bula May HensonAge: 97 years19021999

Name
Bula May Henson
Given names
Bula May
Surname
Henson
Married name
Bula May Hendrickson
Birth November 5, 1902 22 22
Death of a fatherRiley Abraham Henson
April 14, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Marriage of a parentOtto W WitteDella Photine SmithView this family
July 30, 1906 (Age 3 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a half-brotherHardin Otto Witte
January 1918 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Conrad Smith
August 11, 1918 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 14 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 15 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 3, 1920 (Age 17 years)
MarriageClyde Houston HendricksonView this family
February 18, 1928 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 10, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Marshall David Hendrickson
April 19, 1935 (Age 32 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Jane Kittrell
September 5, 1939 (Age 36 years)
Census July 12, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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
Death of a motherDella Photine Smith
July 10, 1972 (Age 69 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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 husbandClyde Houston Hendrickson
July 5, 1986 (Age 83 years)
Death December 15, 1999 (Age 97 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Highland Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Riley Abraham Henson
Birth: September 10, 1880Sweets Cove, Hardin, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 14, 1905Butler, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: February 23, 1902Cane Creek, Butler, Missouri, United States
8 months
herself
Bula May Henson
Birth: November 5, 1902 22 22Cane Creek, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 15, 1999Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas, United States
Mother’s family with Otto W Witte - View this family
step-father
Otto W Witte
Birth: September 3, 1882Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Death: December 1, 1968Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
mother
Marriage: July 30, 1906Butler, Missouri, United States
12 years
half-brother
Hardin Otto Witte
Birth: January 1918 35 37Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 2004Butler, Missouri, United States
Family with Clyde Houston Hendrickson - View this family
husband
Clyde Houston Hendrickson
Birth: November 7, 1902Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: July 5, 1986Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States
herself
Bula May Henson
Birth: November 5, 1902 22 22Cane Creek, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 15, 1999Shawnee, Johnson, Kansas, United States
Marriage: February 18, 1928Fredericktown, Madison, Missouri, United States
7 years
son
Marshall David Hendrickson
Birth: April 19, 1935 32 32Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: January 21, 2016Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States

Bula May Henson has 3 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Otto W Witte - Household

Spring Rock, Clinton, Iowa

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Witte, Otto WheadMW28M3IOGermanyGermanySalesmanAutomobile
Witte, Della PwifeFW29M311MOPAMO
Henson, Bulastep daughterFW7SMOTNMO
Padget, MaryservantFW18SMOMOMOServant

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Otto W Witte - Household

Hilliard Rd. Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Witte, Otto WheadMW38MIAGermanyGermanyFarmingGeneral Farm
Witte, DellawifeFW39MMOPAMO
Witte, HardinsonMW2SMOIAMO
Henson, Bulastep daughterFW17SMOTNMO

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Clyde Houston Hendrickson - Household

1023 Treemont St Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Hendrickson, Clyde HheadMW27M25MOMOMOBook keepingLumber Company
Hendrickson, BulawifeFW27M25MOMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Clyde Houston Hendrickson - Household

800 Sixth Street Caruthersville, Pemiscot, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Hendrickson, Clyde HheadMW37MMOPoplar BluffButlerMOLife Insurance AgentInsurance
Hendrickson, Bula MXwifeFW37MMOPoplar BluffButlerMO
Hendrickson, Marshall DsonMW4SMO