The Shemwell Family

Blanche Lucille HuntAge: 94 years19062000

Name
Blanche Lucille Hunt
Given names
Blanche Lucille
Surname
Hunt
Married name
Blanche Lucille Gibson
Birth February 26, 1906 26 25
Birth of a brotherPaul Eugene Hunt
November 16, 1908 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEmily Perrilee Cox
April 16, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterEunice Marie Hunt
January 16, 1912 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterEunice Marie Hunt
January 16, 1912 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Washington Hunt
October 1, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 6, 1920 (Age 13 years)
MarriageLolis Clinton GibsonView this family
May 19, 1923 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Lolis Clinton Gibson Jr.
September 27, 1925 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Bobby Carroll Gibson
June 27, 1928 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 15, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha “Mattie” McGehee
February 26, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRobert Albert Appleby
May 29, 1934 (Age 28 years)
Census June 3, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Janice Sue Gibson
April 23, 1949 (Age 43 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 motherMary Frances “Mollie” Appleby
March 9, 1962 (Age 56 years)
Death of a husbandLolis Clinton Gibson
February 14, 1966 (Age 59 years)
Death of a fatherCecil Theodore Hunt
November 5, 1969 (Age 63 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 brotherPaul Eugene Hunt
April 20, 1981 (Age 75 years)
Death of a sisterOllie May Hunt
January 12, 1986 (Age 79 years)
Death of a sonBobby Carroll Gibson
May 1, 1993 (Age 87 years)
Death June 29, 2000 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Lawn Park Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 14, 1898Fannin, Texas, United States
11 months
elder brother
Homer Alford Hunt
Birth: July 8, 1899 19 18Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: June 17, 1900Fannin, Texas, United States
23 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Theodora Benton Hunt
Birth: December 2, 1903 24 23Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: January 2, 1906Karnes, Texas, United States
2 years
herself
Blanche Lucille Hunt
Birth: February 26, 1906 26 25Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: June 29, 2000Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Paul Eugene Hunt
Birth: November 16, 1908 29 28Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: April 20, 1981Grayson, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Eunice Marie Hunt
Birth: January 16, 1912 32 31Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: January 16, 1912Fannin, Texas, United States
Family with Lolis Clinton Gibson - View this family
husband
herself
Blanche Lucille Hunt
Birth: February 26, 1906 26 25Fannin, Texas, United States
Death: June 29, 2000Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: May 19, 1923Fannin, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Lolis Clinton Gibson Jr.
Birth: September 27, 1925 22 19Bossier, Louisiana, United States
Death: February 2, 2010Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
3 years
son
Bobby Carroll Gibson
Birth: June 27, 1928 24 22Bossier, Louisiana, United States
Death: May 1, 1993Clinton, Summit, Ohio, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Cecil Theodore Hunt - Household

Dugar Bottom Road Leonard, Fannin, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Hunt, Cecil TheadMW40MKSININFarmer
Hunt, MarywifeFW39MTXMOAR
Hunt, MaydaughterFW18STXKSTX
Hunt, LuciledaughterFW14STXKSTX
Hunt, Paul EsonMW11STXKSTX

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Lolis Clinton Gibson - Household

4228 Right Way Caddo, Louisiana

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gibson, Lolis CheadMW25MOKMSMSGlass PackerGlass Factory
Gibson, Lucile BwifeFW24MTXKSTX
Gibson, Lolis Jr.sonMW4-1mS20LATXTX
Gibson, Bobby CsonMW1-8mS24LATXTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lolis Clinton Gibson - Household

Marion Place Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gibson, Lolis CheadMW36MTXShreveportCaddoLAPackerWholesale Glass ??
Gibson, LucilleXwifeFW34MTXShreveportCaddoLA
Gibson, Lolis C Jr.sonMW14SLAShreveportCaddoLA
Gibson, BobbysonMW10SLAShreveportCaddoLA