The Shemwell Family

Henry Durwood JohnsonAge: 86 years19132000

Name
Henry Durwood Johnson
Given names
Henry Durwood
Surname
Johnson
Birth July 24, 1913 31 31
MarriageJeane Carrol RayView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterAlberta Jean Johnson
October 20, 1915 (Age 2 years)
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
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 10, 1920 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherReginald Benjamin “Bennie” Johnson
July 30, 1921 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLewis Henry Johnson
March 8, 1924 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Adeline “Molly” Driskill
February 12, 1934 (Age 20 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 brotherEverad Laurane Johnson
August 9, 1954 (Age 41 years)
Death of a motherEtha Ola Missouri Tate
April 24, 1956 (Age 42 years)
Death of a fatherEvarad Eugene “Gene” Johnson
September 9, 1967 (Age 54 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 sisterAlberta Jean Johnson
July 25, 1980 (Age 67 years)
Death of a sisterGretchen Lineve “Peck” Johnson
August 11, 1989 (Age 76 years)
Death of a wifeJeane Carrol Ray
January 23, 2000 (Age 86 years)
Death March 15, 2000 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: March 19, 1903Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States
2 years
elder brother
Everad Laurane Johnson
Birth: July 26, 1905 23 23Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 9, 1954Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Catherine Johnson
Birth: March 18, 1908 26 25White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 6, 1908White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
3 years
elder sister
Gretchen Lineve “Peck” Johnson
Birth: October 15, 1910 28 28White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 11, 1989Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
3 years
himself
Henry Durwood Johnson
Birth: July 24, 1913 31 31White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 15, 2000Lilburn, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
2 years
younger sister
Alberta Jean Johnson
Birth: October 20, 1915 33 33White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 25, 1980Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
6 years
younger brother
Reginald Benjamin “Bennie” Johnson
Birth: July 30, 1921 39 39White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 29, 2009Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
Family with Jeane Carrol Ray - View this family
himself
Henry Durwood Johnson
Birth: July 24, 1913 31 31White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: March 15, 2000Lilburn, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
wife
Jeane Carrol Ray
Birth: September 19, 1924White Plains, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
Death: January 23, 2000Lilburn, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States
Marriage:

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Evarad Eugene “Gene” Johnson - Household

Railroad Street Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Johnson, E EheadMW38MKYKYKYSalesman Gen. MdseStore
Johnson, OlawifeFW37MKYKYKY
Johnson, LauranesonMW14SKYKYKY
Johnson, GretchendaughterFW9SKYKYKY
Johnson, DurwoodsonMW6SKYKYKY
Johnson, AlbertadaughterFW4SKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Evarad Eugene “Gene” Johnson - Household

Curtail, Hopkins, Kentucky Church Street

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Johnson, E EheadMW48M21KYKYKYMerchantDry Goods
Johnson, Ola MwifeFW48M21KYKYKY
Johnson, LauranesonMW24SKYKYKYTelegraph OperatorSteam Railroad
Johnson, Durwood HsonMW16SKYKYKY
Johnson, AlbertadaughterFW14SKYKYKY
Johnson, Reginald BsonMW8SKYKYKY