The Shemwell Family

Minnie Pauline CherryAge: 88 years19091997

Name
Minnie Pauline Cherry
Given names
Minnie Pauline
Surname
Cherry
Married name
Minnie Pauline Cherry
Birth April 5, 1909 34 27
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 12 months)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Jane Sikes
January 21, 1916 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 6 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherGuy Norris “Texas Tiny” Cherry
November 14, 1918 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 7 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 8 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 10 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Randolph Cherry
September 3, 1932 (Age 23 years)
MarriageHomer Worth CherryView this family
after 1940 (Age 30 years)

Death of a motherViola Samatha Deering
August 15, 1941 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 40 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 fatherZalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry
June 29, 1954 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherGuy Norris “Texas Tiny” Cherry
March 22, 1971 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherHubert Cherry
November 24, 1971 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 36 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 brotherJohn Harley Earl Cherry
March 21, 1983 (Age 73 years)
Death of a husbandHomer Worth Cherry
October 15, 1983 (Age 74 years)
Death September 25, 1997 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tolar Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 6, 1898Hood, Texas, United States
18 months
elder brother
John Harley Earl Cherry
Birth: May 22, 1900 25 18Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 21, 1983Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Hubert Cherry
Birth: August 7, 1902 27 20Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: November 24, 1971Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
7 years
herself
Minnie Pauline Cherry
Birth: April 5, 1909 34 27Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: September 25, 1997Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
10 years
younger brother
Guy Norris “Texas Tiny” Cherry
Birth: November 14, 1918 43 37Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: March 22, 1971Riverside, California, United States
Family with Homer Worth Cherry - View this family
husband
Homer Worth Cherry
Birth: July 10, 1916 39 28Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: October 15, 1983Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
herself
Minnie Pauline Cherry
Birth: April 5, 1909 34 27Tolar, Hood, Texas, United States
Death: September 25, 1997Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Marriage: after 1940

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry - Household

Hood, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Cherry, Zalmon AheadMW35M111TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Cherry, ViolawifeFW27M11133TXGAGA
Cherry, EarlsonMW9STXTNTXFarm LaborerHome Farm
Cherry, HubertsonMW7STXTNTXFarm LaborerHome Farm
Cherry, PaulinedaughterFW1STXTNTX

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Zalmon Alfons “Jack” Cherry - Household

Tolar, Hood, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Cherry, Jack AheadMW44MTNTNTNFarmerHome Farming
Cherry, ViolawifeFW38MTXGAGA
Cherry, EarlsonMW19STXTNTX
Cherry, HubertsonMW17STXTNTX
Cherry, PaulinedaughterFW10STXTNTX
Cherry, Guy NorissonMW2-2mSTXTNTX