The Shemwell Family

Lila Mary LongAge: 52 years19021955

Name
Lila Mary Long
Given names
Lila Mary
Surname
Long
Married name
Lila Mary Tonahill
Birth September 4, 1902 20 20
Birth of a sisterLois Lovie Long
March 22, 1905 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherEllison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Jr.
March 19, 1907 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherAlton Los Long
January 5, 1909 (Age 6 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherVerner James Long
March 31, 1911 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterKatherine Florence Long
June 12, 1913 (Age 10 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 sisterEthel Dahna Long
January 28, 1917 (Age 14 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 January 9, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Grace Long
April 28, 1922 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Allen Long
June 7, 1924 (Age 21 years)
MarriageWilliam Joseph Tonahill Jr.View this family
February 23, 1927 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann McGehee
November 7, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 11, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherHarvey Harrison Rushing
May 11, 1936 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherEllison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Sr.
April 14, 1941 (Age 38 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
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 February 7, 1955 (Age 52 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 19, 1902Tom Green, Texas, United States
7 months
herself
Lila Mary Long
Birth: September 4, 1902 20 20Maverick, Runnels, Texas, United States
Death: February 7, 1955New York, New York, United States
3 years
younger sister
Lois Lovie Long
Birth: March 22, 1905 23 22Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, United States
Death: April 29, 1987Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
2 years
younger brother
22 months
younger brother
Alton Los Long
Birth: January 5, 1909 26 26Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas, United States
Death: January 9, 1966Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Katherine Florence Long
Birth: June 12, 1913 31 30Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
Death: October 25, 1970Victoria, Victoria, Texas, United States
4 years
younger sister
Ethel Dahna Long
Birth: January 28, 1917 34 34Waco, McLennan, Texas, United States
Death: October 29, 2016Vinita, Craig, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger sister
Dorothy Grace Long
Birth: April 28, 1922 40 39Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States
Death: February 25, 2005McAllen, Hidalgo, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Robert Allen Long
Birth: June 7, 1924 42 41Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States
Death: January 23, 1993Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
Family with William Joseph Tonahill Jr. - View this family
husband
William Joseph Tonahill Jr.
Birth: July 4, 1899Texas, United States
Death: April 25, 1962Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
herself
Lila Mary Long
Birth: September 4, 1902 20 20Maverick, Runnels, Texas, United States
Death: February 7, 1955New York, New York, United States
Marriage: February 23, 1927Bell, Texas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Ellison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Sr. - Household

Limestone, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Long, Ellie WheadMW28M8TXGAGAFarnerFarm
Long, LoviewifeFW27M844TXARTX
Long, LiladaughterFW7STXTXTX
Long, LoisdaughterFW5MTXTXTX
Long, ElliesonMW3MTXTXTX
Long, AltonsonMW1STXTXTX

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ellison Wilburn “Ellie” Long Sr. - Household

2412 Washington St. Waco, McLennan, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Long, Ellis WheadMW37MTXGAGAAgentLife Insurance
Long, Lovie JwifeFW37MTXGAMO
Long, Lila MarydaughterFW17STXTXTX
Long, Lois LdaughterFW14MTXTXTX
Long, Ellis W JrsonMW12MTXTXTX
Long, ?? (Katherine)daughterFW6MTXALTX
Long, Doris (Ethel D)daughterFW2STXALTX
Dawson, Allen Ason in lawMW33MTXALALSalesmanRetail Grocery
Dawson, Ina Mdaughter in lawFW39MTXALAL
Sparks, Wallace HnephewMW16STXTXTX
Sparks, Willie MnephewFW14STXTXTX

Alton & Verner are missing - Katherine is ??? and Ethel Dahna is Doris? - Who are the Dawsons & Sparks -b

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Joseph Tonahill Jr. - Household

194 South Main Street Paris, Lamar, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Tonahill, William JheadMW30M27TXMSGASalesmanGas Supplies
Tonahill, LilawifeFW26M23TXTXTXStenographerState Highway
Long, Katherinesister in lawFW16STXTXTX