The Shemwell Family

Kenneth Mel CarverAge: 84 years19071991

Name
Kenneth Mel Carver
Given names
Kenneth Mel
Surname
Carver
Birth January 19, 1907 27 27
Birth of a brotherRandall Vick Carver
January 17, 1909 (Age 23 months)
Census May 11, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherLovell Driskill Carver
June 9, 1911 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherElmer Terry Carver
October 23, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 sisterHilda Imogene “Jean” Carver
April 17, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 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 10 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 7, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Belle Carver
October 15, 1921 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMiranda Isabel “Belle” Driskill
January 31, 1924 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 paternal grandfatherMarion Washington Carver
April 13, 1937 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Dorotha Mel “Dottie” Carver
January 7, 1943 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 motherWinnie Ann Vick
July 23, 1954 (Age 47 years)
Death of a fatherElmer Otis Carver
May 9, 1965 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 brotherRandall Vick Carver
May 18, 1977 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherElmer Terry Carver
February 28, 1979 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherLovell Driskill Carver
February 10, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Death October 28, 1991 (Age 84 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: February 6, 1904Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
11 months
elder sister
Christine Carver
Birth: 1904 24 24Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1905Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
3 years
himself
Kenneth Mel Carver
Birth: January 19, 1907 27 27Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1991Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Randall Vick Carver
Birth: January 17, 1909 29 29Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 1977Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
2 years
younger brother
Lovell Driskill Carver
Birth: June 9, 1911 32 31Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 10, 1991Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
younger brother
Elmer Terry Carver
Birth: October 23, 1913 34 34Earlington, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 28, 1979Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
4 years
younger sister
Hilda Imogene “Jean” Carver
Birth: April 17, 1917 38 37Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 28, 2008Chaffee, Scott, Missouri, United States
5 years
younger sister
Sarah Belle Carver
Birth: October 15, 1921 42 42Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 2, 2013Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Family with Elizabeth Angeline “Liz” McCauley - View this family
himself
Kenneth Mel Carver
Birth: January 19, 1907 27 27Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1991Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
wife
Elizabeth Angeline “Liz” McCauley
Birth: November 23, 1915Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: November 20, 2003Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Dorotha Mel “Dottie” Carver
Birth: January 7, 1943 35 27Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 7, 2011Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Elmer Otis Carver - Household

West Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carver, Elmer OheadMW31M26KYKYKYCarpenterHouse
Carver, Winnie NwifeFW30M1632KYKYKY
Carver, Kenneth MsonMW3SKYKYKY
Carver, Randall VsonMW1-3mSKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Elmer Otis Carver - Household

Trambridge St Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carver, Elmer OheadMW40MKYKYKYCarpenter
Carver, WinniewifeFW40MKYKYKY
Carver, KennethsonMW12SKYKYKY
Carver, RandallsonMW10SKYKYKY
Carver, LovellsonMW9SKYKYKY
Carver, ElmersonMW6SKYKYKY
Carver, ImadaughterFW3-9mSKYKYKY
Lowell, Sarah Jmother in lawFW58SKYKYKY