The Shemwell Family

Lawrence Herbert MayoAge: 79 years18991979

Name
Lawrence Herbert Mayo
Given names
Lawrence Herbert
Surname
Mayo
Birth April 5, 1899
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 16 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 17 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 18 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/
MarriageGretchen FitzhughView this family
about 1925 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Robert Vernon Mayo
August 12, 1926 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lawrence Herbert Mayo Jr.
April 22, 1928 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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 31 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Leonard Carroll Mayo
July 3, 1933 (Age 34 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 42 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 50 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 46 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 79 years)
Death January 21, 1979 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery
Family with Gretchen Fitzhugh - View this family
himself
wife
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

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