The Shemwell Family

Helen GardnerAge: 86 years18981985

Name
Helen Gardner
Given names
Helen
Surname
Gardner
Married name
Helen Carrick
Birth November 11, 1898 38 36
Census June 12, 1900 (Age 19 months)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Martha Vannoy
February 12, 1905 (Age 6 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 8, 1920 (Age 21 years)
Death of a fatherJunius Tazewell Gardner
October 9, 1925 (Age 26 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
Census April 1, 1930 (Age 31 years)
Death of a motherJulia “Texie” Nooe
July 31, 1934 (Age 35 years)
Census April 11, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 51 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 husbandThomas Bright Carrick
March 29, 1975 (Age 76 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 October 21, 1985 (Age 86 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Junius Tazewell Gardner
Birth: July 6, 1860Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 9, 1925Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
mother
Julia “Texie” Nooe
Birth: January 8, 1862 38 23Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 31, 1934Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: December 1884North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder brother
Talmadge Gardner
Birth: November 1886 26 24North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
elder sister
Pearl Gardner
Birth: October 1889 29 27North Carolina, United States
Death:
3 years
elder brother
Lewis Gardner
Birth: September 1892 32 30North Carolina, United States
Death:
4 years
elder brother
John Nooe Gardner
Birth: October 1896 36 34North Carolina, United States
Death:
2 years
herself
Family with Thomas Bright Carrick - View this family
husband
Thomas Bright Carrick
Birth: August 1, 1884 34 30North Carolina, United States
Death: March 29, 1975Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States
herself
daughter
Private
daughter
Private

Helen Gardner has 6 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Janus Gardner - Household

Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Gardner, JanusheadWMJul186039M15NCNCNCwholesale grocery broker
Gardner, Jamie TwifeWFJan186238M1555NCNCNC
Gardner, JohnnysonWMNov188613SNCNCNC
Gardner, PearldaughterWFOct188910SNCNCNC
Gardner, LewissonWMSep18927SNCNCNC
Gardner, John NsonWMOct18963SNCNCNC
Gardner, HelensonWMNov18981SNCNCNC

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Junius Tazewell Gardner - Household

Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gardner, Junius TheadMW48M25NCNCNCmanagerinsurance
Gardner, TexiewifeFW47M2555NCNCNC
Gardner, TalmadgesonMW23SNCNCNCbookkeeperrealty company
Gardner, PearldaughterFW20SNCNCNCteacherliterary
Gardner, LouiesonMW16SNCNCNC
Gardner, John NsonMW13SNCNCNC
Gardner, HelensonMW11SNCNCNC