The Shemwell Family

Gretchen FitzhughAge: 95 years19041999

Name
Gretchen Fitzhugh
Given names
Gretchen
Surname
Fitzhugh
Married name
Gretchen Mayo
Birth May 4, 1904 28 23
Birth of a sisterModenia Fitzhugh
March 24, 1906 (Age 22 months)
Birth of a sisterBessie Lee Fitzhugh
June 5, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterClarice Faye Fitzhugh
August 29, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Elizabeth Fitzhugh
February 20, 1913 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh
September 3, 1915 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 11 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Vermon Fitzhugh
August 14, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 March 16, 1920 (Age 15 years)
MarriageLawrence Herbert MayoView this family
about 1925 (Age 20 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Robert Vernon Mayo
August 12, 1926 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lawrence Herbert Mayo Jr.
April 22, 1928 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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
Birth of a son
#3
Kenneth Hughdon “Monk” Mayo
April 23, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Leonard Carroll Mayo
July 3, 1933 (Age 29 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 sisterModenia Fitzhugh
April 12, 1966 (Age 61 years)
Cause: Pancreatic Cancer
Death of a sisterBessie Lee Fitzhugh
January 25, 1971 (Age 66 years)
Death of a motherMattie Mae “Monni” Cherry
September 15, 1974 (Age 70 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 sonLawrence Herbert Mayo Jr.
June 27, 1978 (Age 74 years)
Death of a husbandLawrence Herbert Mayo
January 21, 1979 (Age 74 years)
Marriage of a childKenneth Hughdon “Monk” MayoDorothey Marie MilliganView this family
November 8, 1980 (Age 76 years)
Death of a sonRobert Vernon Mayo
March 29, 1985 (Age 80 years)
Death of a sisterLilllie May Fitzhugh
January 31, 1987 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterFloy Inez Fitzhugh
July 7, 1990 (Age 86 years)
Death of a sisterClarice Faye Fitzhugh
June 21, 1995 (Age 91 years)
Death July 1, 1999 (Age 95 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 22, 1898Hood, Texas, United States
11 months
elder sister
Lilllie May Fitzhugh
Birth: June 2, 1899 23 18Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: January 31, 1987Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
20 months
elder sister
Floy Inez Fitzhugh
Birth: February 3, 1901 25 19Texas, United States
Death: July 7, 1990Granbury, Hood, Texas, United States
3 years
herself
23 months
younger sister
Modenia Fitzhugh
Birth: March 24, 1906 30 24Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: April 12, 1966Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Bessie Lee Fitzhugh
Birth: June 5, 1908 32 27Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: January 25, 1971Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Clarice Faye Fitzhugh
Birth: August 29, 1910 34 29Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: June 21, 1995Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Dorothy Elizabeth Fitzhugh
Birth: February 20, 1913 37 31Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: June 29, 2003Fort Worth, Denton, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh
Birth: September 3, 1915 39 34Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: November 8, 2008Tarrant, Texas, United States
Family with Lawrence Herbert Mayo - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1925
19 months
son
Robert Vernon Mayo
Birth: August 12, 1926 27 22Abernathy, Hale, Texas, United States
Death: March 29, 1985Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, United States
20 months
son
Lawrence Herbert Mayo Jr.
Birth: April 22, 1928 29 23Abernathy, Hale, Texas, United States
Death: June 27, 1978Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States
2 years
son
Kenneth Hughdon “Monk” Mayo
Birth: April 23, 1930 31 25Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 20, 2008Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
3 years
son
Leonard Carroll Mayo
Birth: July 3, 1933 34 29Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: August 18, 2002Tarrant, Texas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry Vermon Fitzhugh - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Fitzhugh, HenryheadMW34M111TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Fitzhugh, Mattie MwifeFW28M11155TXTNTN
Fitzhugh, Lilllie MdaughterFW10STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, FloydaughterFW9STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, GretchendaughterFW5STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, ModeniadaughterFW3STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, BessiedaughterFW1-10mSTXTNTX

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Randolph Cherry - Household

Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cherry, John RheadMW77WdTNTNTN
Fitzhugh, MattiedaughterFW39WdTXTNTNfarmer
Fitzhugh, GretchengranddaughterFW14STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, ModeniagranddaughterFW13STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, BessiegranddaughterFW11STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, DorthagranddaughterFW6STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, ClaricegranddaughterFW9STXTNTX
Fitzhugh, Mary LoriegranddaughterFW4STXTNTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Lawrence Herbert Mayo - Household

Merit Collin, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Mayo, LawrenceXheadMW41MTXSame HouseFarm LaborerFarm
Mayo, GretchenwifeFW36MTXSame House
Mayo, Robert VsonMW13STXSame House
Mayo, Lawrence JrsonMW11STXSame House
Mayo, Kenneth HsonMW9STXSame House
Mayo, CarrolsonMW6STXSame House