The Shemwell Family

Watson Telfred CarverAge: 70 years18741945

Name
Watson Telfred Carver
Given names
Watson Telfred
Surname
Carver
Birth November 18, 1874 20 23
Death of a motherFannie Scisson
October 30, 1875 (Age 11 months)

Marriage of a parentMarion Washington CarverMiranda Isabel “Belle” DriskillView this family
November 18, 1877 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 3 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a half-brotherElmer Otis Carver
January 24, 1879 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-brotherClaude Lester Carver
March 23, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Census June 1, 1880 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a half-brotherFred Moore Carver
March 13, 1885 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAnna Leota Carver
March 1, 1895 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 23 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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 41 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 42 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 43 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 54 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 fatherMarion Washington Carver
April 13, 1937 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 67 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
Death August 28, 1945 (Age 70 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 8, 1873Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
22 months
himself
Watson Telfred Carver
Birth: November 18, 1874 20 23Kentucky, United States
Death: August 28, 1945Bowie, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Miranda Isabel “Belle” Driskill - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 18, 1877Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
14 months
half-brother
14 months
half-brother
Claude Lester Carver
Birth: March 23, 1880 25 29Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 10, 1965Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
5 years
half-brother
Fred Moore Carver
Birth: March 13, 1885 30 34Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: October 27, 1961Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
10 years
half-sister
Anna Leota Carver
Birth: March 1, 1895 40 44Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: May 3, 1990Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Marion Washington Carver - Household

Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Carver, M WWM26headMFarmerKYNCNC
Carver, M IWF28wifeMKYTNKY
Carver, T WWM6sonSKYKYKY
Carver, E OWM1sonSKYKYKY
Carver, FredieWM3mMarsonSKYKYKY

Fredie's name must have been changed to is Claude? -b