The Shemwell Family

Willard Lester WebbAge: 68 years19161985

Name
Willard Lester Webb
Given names
Willard Lester
Surname
Webb
Birth January 23, 1916 37 17
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 months)

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 23 months)

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/
Birth of a sisterLillian Pearl Webb
November 15, 1919 (Age 3 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherNathan Eugene Webb
September 5, 1927 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 8, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Tennesse Orme
December 3, 1934 (Age 18 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherLloyd Walker Webb
August 2, 1935 (Age 19 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Willard Dale Webb
February 23, 1941 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 33 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 fatherAuthur Webb
May 26, 1975 (Age 59 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 motherIda May Davis
August 10, 1979 (Age 63 years)
Death January 7, 1985 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Okmulgee Cemetery
Identification number
KV2K-QHQ
Type: FamilySearch

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 10, 1915Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
1 year
himself
Willard Lester Webb
Birth: January 23, 1916 37 17Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 7, 1985Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
4 years
younger sister
Lillian Pearl Webb
Birth: November 15, 1919 41 21Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 25, 2014Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
8 years
younger brother
Nathan Eugene Webb
Birth: September 5, 1927 49 29Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 21, 1987Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Father’s family with Ercie Ann Lee - View this family
father
step-mother
Ercie Ann Lee
Birth: August 24, 1882Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 4, 1902Burke, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: estimated 1901Tennessee, United States
Family with Opal Pearl Boss - View this family
himself
Willard Lester Webb
Birth: January 23, 1916 37 17Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 7, 1985Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
wife
Opal Pearl Boss
Birth: April 27, 1915Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: August 26, 2005Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
son
Private
son
Willard Dale Webb
Birth: February 23, 1941 25 25Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States
Death: November 28, 2006Oklahoma, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Authur Webb - Household

Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Webb, AuthurheadMW41MTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Webb, Ida MwifeFW21MTNTNTN
Webb, Willard LsonMW3-11mSOKTNTN
Webb, Lillian PdaughterFW1mSOKTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Authur Webb - Household

Natura, Okmulgee, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Webb, AuthurheadMW51M25TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Webb, Ida MwifeFW31M17TNTNTN
Webb, LestersonMW14SOKTNTN
Webb, LilliandaughterFW11SOKTNTN
Webb, EugenesonMW2-7mSOKTNTN