The Shemwell Family

Verdye Belle TateAge: 91 years18781970

Name
Verdye Belle Tate
Given names
Verdye Belle
Surname
Tate
Married name
Verdye Belle Warren
Birth December 12, 1878 27 25
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

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 sisterEtha Ola Missouri Tate
March 28, 1882 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
MarriageHerbert Lee WarrenView this family
January 25, 1899 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lola Beatrice Warren
December 29, 1899 (Age 21 years)
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lyndell Fay Warren
January 26, 1902 (Age 23 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Franklin Driskill
April 18, 1902 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherEzekiel Benjamin Tate
November 21, 1902 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Muriel Lee Warren
October 1, 1909 (Age 30 years)
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 41 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 50 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 5, 1930 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherMary Adeline “Molly” Driskill
February 12, 1934 (Age 55 years)
Census April 12, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Thomas “Tommy” Herring
August 7, 1940 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherHerbert Lorraine Tate
August 14, 1945 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 of a husbandHerbert Lee Warren
February 13, 1946 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 71 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 sisterEtha Ola Missouri Tate
April 24, 1956 (Age 77 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 67 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 August 20, 1970 (Age 91 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 23, 1875Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
20 months
elder brother
16 months
herself
Verdye Belle Tate
Birth: December 12, 1878 27 25Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 20, 1970White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
3 years
younger sister
Family with Herbert Lee Warren - View this family
husband
Herbert Lee Warren
Birth: September 7, 1872Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: February 13, 1946White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
herself
Verdye Belle Tate
Birth: December 12, 1878 27 25Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 20, 1970White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Marriage: January 25, 1899Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
11 months
daughter
Lola Beatrice Warren
Birth: December 29, 1899 27 21Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: June 23, 1991Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
2 years
daughter
Lyndell Fay Warren
Birth: January 26, 1902 29 23Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 28, 1990White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
8 years
daughter
Muriel Lee Warren
Birth: October 1, 1909 37 30Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
Death: September 8, 2004Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States

Verdye Belle Tate has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Ezekiel Benjamin Tate - Household

White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Tate, Ezekiel BheadWMMar185149M24KYKYKYFlour Miller
Tate, Mary AwifeWFFeb185347M2433KYTNKY
Tate, Etha OdaughterWFMar188218SKYKYKY
Warren, Herbert Lson in lawWMJan187527M2KYKYKYDay Laborer
Warren, Verdye BdaughterWFDec187821M211KYKYKY
Warren, Lola Bgrand daughterWFDec18995mSKYKYKY

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Lee Warren - Household

Church Street Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Warren, Herbert LheadMW37M111KYKYKYLaborerOdd Jobs
Warren, Verdye BwifeFW31M11133KYKYKY
Warren, BeatricedaughterFW10SKYKYKY
Warren, FaydaughterFW8SKYKYKY
Warren, Muriel LdaughterFW6mSKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Lee Warren - Household

West Court House Muhlenberg, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Warren, Herbert LheadMW47MKYKYKYCarpenterCoal Mine
Warren, VerdyewifeFW41MKYKYKY
Warren, BeatricedaughterFW20SKYKYKYTeacherCom? School
Warren, FaydaughterFW17SKYKYKY
Warren, Muriel LdaughterFW10SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Lee Warren - Household

White Plains and Madisonville Dirt Road Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Warren, Herbert LheadMW57M26KYKYKYHouseCarpenter
Warren, Verdye BwifeFW51M20KYKYKY
Warren, Fay LdaughterFW28MKYKYKYPost OfficeClerk
Tate, Mary Amother in lawFW77WdKYTNKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Herbert Lee Warren - Household

Church Street White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Warren, Herbert LheadMW67MKYSame HouseCarpenterBuilding Const.
Warren, VerdyeXwifeFW61MKYSame HouseSeamstressAt Home