The Shemwell Family

Charles Harry WellsAge: 94 years18841979

Name
Charles Harry Wells
Given names
Charles Harry
Surname
Wells
Birth May 30, 1884
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 13 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageEthel Belle NortonView this family
calculated 1904 (Age 19 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Fredrick Lew Wells
September 13, 1905 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Albert Harold Wells
October 2, 1907 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Wesley Norton Wells
April 23, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Census May 7, 1910 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 31 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 son
#4
Charles Harry Wells Jr.
April 25, 1918 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 32 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 33 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 January 2, 1920 (Age 35 years)
Death of a sonAlbert Harold Wells
June 3, 1926 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 45 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 12, 1930 (Age 45 years)
Census April 20, 1940 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 57 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 65 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 61 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 wifeEthel Belle Norton
December 12, 1978 (Age 94 years)
Death January 30, 1979 (Age 94 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Memorial Park
Family with Ethel Belle Norton - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: calculated 1904
20 months
son
Fredrick Lew Wells
Birth: September 13, 1905 21 16Randsburg, Kern, California, United States
Death: March 9, 1985Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
2 years
son
Albert Harold Wells
Birth: October 2, 1907 23 19Los Angeles, California, United States
Death: June 3, 1926San Luis Obispo, California, United States
3 years
son
Wesley Norton Wells
Birth: April 23, 1910 25 21Lindsay, Tulare, California, United States
Death: February 16, 1996Kern, California, United States
8 years
son

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household

Lindsay, Tulare, California

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Wells, HarryheadMW26M5CACAORLaborer
Wells, EthelwifeFW22M533KSNEIA
Wells, FredricksonMW4SCACAKS
Wells, HaroldsonMW2SCACAKS

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household

247 Milage Lindsay, Tulare, California

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Wells, C HheadMW35MCACAORLaborerWell Drilling
Wells, EthelwifeFW31MKSIAIA
Wells, FredsonMW14SCACAKS
Wells, HaroldsonMW12SCACAKS
Wells, WesleysonMW9SCACAKS
Wells, CharlessonMW1-8mSCACAKS

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household

502 11th St. Huntington Beach, Orange, California

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Wells, C HarryheadMW45MCACAOROil WorkerPetroleum
Wells, Ethel BwifeFW40MKSKSKS
Wells, Charles HsonMW11SCACAKS

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Harry Wells - Household

315 14th Huntington Beach, Orange, California

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Wells, CharlesheadMW54MCASameOil DogerOil Fields
Wells, EthelXwifeFW51MKSSame
Wells, Charles JrsonMW21SCASame