The Shemwell Family

Elmer Terry CarverAge: 65 years19131979

Name
Elmer Terry Carver
Given names
Elmer Terry
Surname
Carver
Birth October 23, 1913 34 34
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 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 4 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 6 years)
Birth of a sisterSarah Belle Carver
October 15, 1921 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMiranda Isabel “Belle” Driskill
January 31, 1924 (Age 10 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 10, 1930 (Age 16 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherMarion Washington Carver
April 13, 1937 (Age 23 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 40 years)
Death of a fatherElmer Otis Carver
May 9, 1965 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 63 years)
Death February 28, 1979 (Age 65 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
elder brother
Kenneth Mel Carver
Birth: January 19, 1907 27 27Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 28, 1991Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Randall Vick Carver
Birth: January 17, 1909 29 29Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 18, 1977Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Lovell Driskill Carver
Birth: June 9, 1911 32 31Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 10, 1991Davidson, Tennessee, United States
2 years
himself
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
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himself
Elmer Terry Carver
Birth: October 23, 1913 34 34Earlington, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 28, 1979Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
wife
Private

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

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Elmer Otis Carver - Household

West Cross Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carver, ElmerheadMW50M25KYKYKYCarpenterContracting
Carver, WinniewifeFW49M24KYKYKY
Carver, Lovell DsonMW18SKYKYKY
Carver, Elmer TsonMW16SKYKYKY
Carver, ImogenedaughterFW12SKYKYKY
Carver, Sarah BdaughterFW8SKYKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ed Paxton - Household

222 W Main Cross Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carver, ElmerheadMW60MKYSame HouseCarpentryCarpentry
Carver, Elmer MrswifeFW59MKYSame House
Carver, TerrysonMW26SKYSame HousePackerSalmon? Canery?
Carver, Sarah BelldaughterFW18SKYSame House
Vick, Sarah Janemother in lawFW78WdKYSame House

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