The Shemwell Family

Elmer Hazel ShawAge: 85 years19142000

Name
Elmer Hazel Shaw
Given names
Elmer Hazel
Surname
Shaw
Birth August 10, 1914 30 31
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 months)

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 2 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 3 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 5 years)
Birth of a brotherFreddie Willard Shaw
March 14, 1921 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 19, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Census April 16, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 motherFlorence Leora Johnson
January 21, 1957 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherWilliam Henry Shaw
March 6, 1971 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 31 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 brotherFreddie Willard Shaw
January 14, 1981 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherOtha Ray Shaw
January 18, 1985 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherOmmie Estes Shaw
November 13, 1989 (Age 75 years)
Death February 27, 2000 (Age 85 years)
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father
mother
Marriage: June 14, 1903Obion, Tennessee, United States
13 months
elder brother
Ommie Estes Shaw
Birth: July 20, 1904 20 21Obion, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 13, 1989Steele, Pemiscot, Missouri, United States
5 years
elder brother
Otha Ray Shaw
Birth: March 22, 1909 25 26Tennessee, United States
Death: January 18, 1985United States
5 years
himself
Elmer Hazel Shaw
Birth: August 10, 1914 30 31Arkansas, United States
Death: February 27, 2000United States
7 years
younger brother
Freddie Willard Shaw
Birth: March 14, 1921 37 38Arkansas, United States
Death: January 14, 1981United States
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himself
Elmer Hazel Shaw
Birth: August 10, 1914 30 31Arkansas, United States
Death: February 27, 2000United States
wife
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Henry Shaw - Household

Payne, Clay, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Shaw, William HheadMW36MTNTNTNfarmer
Shaw, LeorywifeFW37MTNMSTN
Shaw, OmeysonMW15STNTNTN
Shaw, Otha RsonMW10STNTNTN
Shaw, Elmer HsonMW5SARTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Florence Leora Johnson - Household

Pemiscot, Missouri, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Shaw, LeoryheadFW47WdTNMSTNfarmercotton farm
Shaw, Ommie sonMW25STNTNTNfarm laborercotton farm
Shaw, ElmersonMW15SARTNTN
Shaw, WillardsonMW9SARTNTN

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Elmer Hazel Shaw - Household

New Madrid, Missouri, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Shaw, Elmer HheadMW25SARfarm laborer

Living in Robert Gates household