The Shemwell Family

Charles Gilbert Lancaster1893

Name
Charles Gilbert Lancaster
Given names
Charles Gilbert
Surname
Lancaster
Birth January 15, 1893 33 30
Birth of a brotherGeorge Tiner Lancaster
February 22, 1896 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 6, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Death of a sisterZola Lancaster
July 13, 1901 (Age 8 years)
Cause: Suicide
Death of a half-brotherWilliam F Coats
February 13, 1903 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 15 years)
Cause: Asthma
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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
Death of a fatherFranklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster
December 9, 1936 (Age 43 years)
Death of a sisterMadie Lancaster
March 6, 1942 (Age 49 years)
Burial of a sisterMadie Lancaster
March 7, 1942 (Age 49 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ralls Cemetery
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 motherRebecca Ann “Becky” Rougemont
1957 (Age 63 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 29, 1880
2 years
elder sister
Zola Lancaster
Birth: February 14, 1883 23 20
Death: July 13, 1901Republic, Kansas, United States
10 years
himself
Charles Gilbert Lancaster
Birth: January 15, 1893 33 30Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
-6 years
elder sister
Mother’s family with Coats - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage:
half-brother
William F Coats
Birth: February 22, 1880 17Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 13, 1903Republic, Kansas, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster - Household

Republic, Kansas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Lancaster, Franklin MheadWMApr185842M20TNTNTNfarmer
Lancaster, Rebecca AwifeWFJuly186138M65TNFranceTN
Lancaster, Mada EdaughterWFMar189010STNTNTN
Lancaster, Charles GsonWMJan18937STNTNTN
Lancaster, George TsonWMFeb18964STNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Franklin Marion “Frank” Lancaster - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lancaster, FrankheadMW51M132TNTNTNfarmer
Lancaster, RebeccawifeFW48M23263TNFranceTN
Lancaster, MadiedaughterFW18STNTNTN
Lancaster, GilbertsonMW17STNTNTN
Lancaster, TynersonMW13STNTNTN