Otha Ray ShawAge: 75 years1909–1985
- Name
- Otha Ray Shaw
- Given names
- Otha Ray
- Surname
- Shaw
 Birth | March 22, 1909 25 26 |
 Census | April 27, 1910 (Age 13 months) |
 Birth of a brother | Elmer Hazel Shaw August 10, 1914 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 6 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 7 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 8 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 15, 1920 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Freddie Willard Shaw March 14, 1921 (Age 11 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 | May 3, 1940 (Age 31 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 40 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 mother | Florence Leora Johnson January 21, 1957 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a father | William Henry Shaw March 6, 1971 (Age 61 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 brother | Freddie Willard Shaw January 14, 1981 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | January 18, 1985 (Age 75 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Henry Shaw Birth: November 23, 1883 32 20 — Tennessee, United States Death: March 6, 1971 — Hayti, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Florence Leora Johnson Birth: November 28, 1882 — Henderson, Tennessee, United States Death: January 21, 1957 — Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 14, 1903 — Obion, Tennessee, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Ommie Estes Shaw Birth: July 20, 1904 20 21 — Obion, Tennessee, United States Death: November 13, 1989 — Steele, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States |
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5 years himself |
Otha Ray Shaw Birth: March 22, 1909 25 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 18, 1985 — United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Elmer Hazel Shaw Birth: August 10, 1914 30 31 — Arkansas, United States Death: February 27, 2000 — United States |
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7 years younger brother |
Freddie Willard Shaw Birth: March 14, 1921 37 38 — Arkansas, United States Death: January 14, 1981 — United States |
| Family with Private |
| himself |
Otha Ray Shaw Birth: March 22, 1909 25 26 — Tennessee, United States Death: January 18, 1985 — United States |
| wife |
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Otha Ray Shaw has 21 first cousins recorded
Father's family (21)
Parents John W Mills + Hattie Elizabeth Shaw
Parents W L Parker + Hattie Elizabeth Shaw
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Parents Andrew Thomas “Andy” Johnson + Mary Helen “Helen” Shaw
Parents Peter Robert Shaw + Bertha Isolene Smith
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Parents Peter Robert Shaw + Pearl Smith
Parents Robert Otha Rainey + Annie Shaw
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Mother's family (0)
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Shaw - Household
Obion, Tennessee, United States
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Shaw - Household
Payne, Clay, Arkansas, United States
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