The Shemwell Family

Lucy Marie Ables1897

Name
Lucy Marie Ables
Given names
Lucy Marie
Surname
Ables
Married name
Lucy Marie Sykes
Birth October 31, 1897 34 26
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 months)
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
Birth of a sisterLillian B Ables
February 1899 (Age 15 months)
Census June 26, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterHallye Mae Ables
November 8, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterHelen G Ables
1903 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterFrancis Nellie Ables
1905 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam M Riggins Jr.
September 21, 1907 (Age 9 years)
Census May 6, 1910 (Age 12 years)
Civil marriageHarold SykesView this family
March 21, 1915 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 31 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 fatherHiram Presley Ables
May 11, 1930 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 52 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 48 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 brotherRichard Delmar Ables
April 1983 (Age 85 years)
Death of a sisterAnna Colleen Ables
November 26, 1993 (Age 96 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: July 30, 1888Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder brother
Richard Delmar Ables
Birth: December 19, 1892 29 22Tharp, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 1983Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
3 years
elder sister
Anna Colleen Ables
Birth: June 18, 1895 31 24Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 26, 1993Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
2 years
herself
16 months
younger sister
Lillian B Ables
Birth: February 1899 35 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
21 months
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Helen G Ables
Birth: 1903 39 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Family with Harold Sykes - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: March 21, 1915Tennessee, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Hiram Presley Ables - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Ables, Hiram headWMJul186336M12TNTNTNfarmer
Ables, FannywifeWFNov187029M1264TNTNTN
Ables, Richard DsonWMDec18927STNTNTN
Ables, Anna CdaughterWFJun18954STNTNTN
Ables, Lucy MdaughterWFOct18972STNTNTN
Ables, Lillian BdaughterWFFeb18991STNTNTN

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Hiram Presley Ables - Household

Stewart, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Ables, Hiram PheadMW47M21TNTNTNfarmer
Ables, Fannie BwifeFW39M21107TNTNTN
Ables, Richard DsonMW17STNTNTNlaborer
Ables, Annie CdaughterFW14MTNTNTN
Ables, Lucy MdaughterFW12STNTNTN
Ables, Lillian BdaughterFW10STNTNTN
Ables, Hallie MdaughterFW8STNTNTN
Ables, Helen GdaughterFW7STNTNTN
Ables, Francis NdaughterFW5STNTNTN