The Shemwell Family

Modenia FitzhughAge: 60 years19061966

Name
Modenia Fitzhugh
Given names
Modenia
Surname
Fitzhugh
Married name
Modenia Turner
Birth March 24, 1906 30 24
MarriageJames Edward TurnerView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterBessie Lee Fitzhugh
June 5, 1908 (Age 2 years)
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterClarice Faye Fitzhugh
August 29, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Elizabeth Fitzhugh
February 20, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Lorie “Myrt” Fitzhugh
September 3, 1915 (Age 9 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 9 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Vermon Fitzhugh
August 14, 1916 (Age 10 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 March 16, 1920 (Age 13 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 19, 1930 (Age 24 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 26 years)
Census April 11, 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
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
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 April 12, 1966 (Age 60 years)
Cause of death: Pancreatic Cancer
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
elder sister
23 months
herself
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 James Edward Turner - View this family
husband
James Edward Turner
Birth: February 21, 1910Smithfield, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: February 23, 1973Somervell, Texas, United States
herself
Modenia Fitzhugh
Birth: March 24, 1906 30 24Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: April 12, 1966Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Marriage:

Modenia Fitzhugh has 29 first cousins recorded

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

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Leyorn J Turner - Household

Tarrant, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Fitzhugh, ModeniaboarderFW23STXTNTXTeacherPublic School
Fitzhugh, BessieboarderFW21STXTNTXTeacherPublic School

Leyorn J Turner Household

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - James Edward Turner - Household

Tarrant, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Turner, James EheadMW30MTXSame HouseDelivery manWholesale Bakery
Turner, ModeniaXwifeFW34MTXSame HouseTeacherPublic School