The Shemwell Family

Flora Kathleen CherryAge: 85 years19051991

Name
Flora Kathleen Cherry
Given names
Flora Kathleen
Surname
Cherry
Married name
Flora Kathleen Dennis
Birth August 4, 1905 32 31
Birth of a sisterAnnette Cherry
March 12, 1907 (Age 19 months)
twin: Jeanette Claud Cherry
Birth of a sisterJeanette Claud Cherry
March 12, 1907 (Age 19 months)
twin: Annette Cherry
Birth of a sisterMary Lometa Cherry
December 15, 1909 (Age 4 years)
Census May 7, 1910 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Bowman Cherry
January 30, 1912 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherNorman Curtis Cherry
February 23, 1914 (Age 8 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 10 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 11 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 12 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 April 5, 1920 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 24 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
#1
Clarence Audley Dennis Jr.
November 1, 1930 (Age 25 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 27 years)
Death of a fatherJames Calvin Cherry
December 13, 1932 (Age 27 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Knox Bowman
January 1, 1933 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sonClarence Audley Dennis Jr.
February 6, 1939 (Age 33 years)
Cause: Vincent Angina
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joel Nathan “Popo” Dennis Sr.
June 22, 1940 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 36 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
Cynthia Denise Dennis
January 29, 1953 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 44 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 E “Mollie” Bowman
September 3, 1956 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 40 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 husbandClarence Audley “Dub” Dennis
June 30, 1980 (Age 74 years)
Death of a sisterAnnette Cherry
August 4, 1987 (Age 82 years)
Death May 24, 1991 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Granbury Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 17, 1899Johnson, Texas, United States
19 months
elder sister
Jewel Fannie Cherry
Birth: July 27, 1901 28 27Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: April 20, 1997Glen Rose, Somervell, Texas, United States
2 years
elder sister
Estell Carter Cherry
Birth: December 13, 1903 30 29Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 3, 2004Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States
20 months
herself
19 months
younger sister
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
William Bowman Cherry
Birth: January 30, 1912 38 37Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: September 16, 1999Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Norman Curtis Cherry
Birth: February 23, 1914 40 39Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: November 19, 1991Dallas, Texas, United States
Family with Clarence Audley “Dub” Dennis - View this family
husband
herself
son
Clarence Audley Dennis Jr.
Birth: November 1, 1930 22 25Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: February 6, 1939Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, United States
son
Private
son
Joel Nathan “Popo” Dennis Sr.
Birth: June 22, 1940 31 34Wellington, Collingsworth, Texas, United States
Death: July 1, 2008Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Calvin Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cherry, James CheadMW37M19TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Cherry, Mary EwifeFW36M1966KYVAKY
Cherry, Fannie JdaughterFW9STXTNKY
Cherry, Caddie EdaughterFW6STXTNKY
Cherry, Flora KdaughterFW4STXTNKY
Cherry, AnnettedaughterFW2STXTNKY
Cherry, JeanettedaughterFW2STXTNKY
Cherry, MarydaughterFW3mSTXTNKY
Bowman, John Kfather in lawMW62WVAVAVAConstible

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Calvin Cherry - Household

Granbury Road Tolar, Hood, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cherry, James CheadMW46MTNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Cherry, MolliewifeFW46MKYKYKY
Cherry, JeweldaughterFW18STXTNKY
Cherry, EstelldaughterFW16STXTNKY
Cherry, FloradaughterFW14STXTNKY
Cherry, AnnettedaughterFW12STXTNKY
Cherry, JeanettedaughterFW12STXTNKY
Cherry, Mary LdaughterFW10STXTNKY
Cherry, William BsonMW8STXTNKY
Cherry, Norman CsonMW6STXTNKY