The Shemwell Family

Hugh Way RussellAge: 67 years19011968

Name
Hugh Way Russell
Given names
Hugh Way
Surname
Russell
Birth March 31, 1901 20 19
Birth of a brotherArthur Guy Russell
May 17, 1903 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMary E Russell
April 1909 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sisterMary E Russell
July 25, 1909 (Age 8 years)
Death of a fatherLindsay Monroe Russell
December 28, 1909 (Age 8 years)
Census April 18, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 14 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a maternal grandfatherWilliam Harris Nooe
December 24, 1917 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 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 16 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/
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret Mariah Loftin
August 1, 1919 (Age 18 years)
Cause: Breast Cancer
Census January 26, 1920 (Age 18 years)
MarriageBlanche Elizabeth HannerView this family
October 23, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Martha Avis Russell
September 20, 1924 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 29 years)
Death of a motherMartha Nooe
December 9, 1931 (Age 30 years)
Death of a brotherArthur Guy Russell
November 26, 1934 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 grandson
#1
Timothy Russell Gallagher
November 19, 1950 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Patricia Elizabeth Gallagher
June 17, 1954 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 September 1, 1968 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Holly Hill Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Martha Nooe
Birth: November 13, 1881 26 32Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 9, 1931Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: February 11, 1900Davidson, North Carolina, United States
14 months
himself
Hugh Way Russell
Birth: March 31, 1901 20 19Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 1, 1968Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Arthur Guy Russell
Birth: May 17, 1903 22 21Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 26, 1934Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
6 years
younger sister
Mary E Russell
Birth: April 1909 28 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 25, 1909Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Family with Blanche Elizabeth Hanner - View this family
himself
Hugh Way Russell
Birth: March 31, 1901 20 19Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 1, 1968Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
wife
Blanche Elizabeth Hanner
Birth: October 3, 1903Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 19, 1972Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: October 23, 1922Davidson, North Carolina, United States
23 months
daughter
Martha Avis Russell
Birth: September 20, 1924 23 20Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: November 12, 1978Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Hugh Way Russell has 2 first cousins recorded

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Martha Nooe - Household

Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Russell, MarthaheadFW28Wd32NCNCNCseamstressdressmaking
Russell, Way HsonMW9SNCNCNC
Russell, Arthur GsonMW7SNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Martha Nooe - Household

Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Russell, MarthaheadFW38WdNCNCNC
Russell, WaysonMW18SNCNCNC
Russell, GsonMW16SNCNCNC
Davis, Mary EsisterFW41WdNCNCNC
Davis, CarlienephewMW16SNCNCNC
Davis, TheodorenephewMW15SNCNCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Hugh Way Russell - Household

10 Cox Ave Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Russell, Hugh WheadMW29M22NCNCNCLinotypeOperator
Russell, Blanche EwifeFW26M19NCNCNCHair DresserBeauty Shop
Russell, Martha AdaughterFW5SNCNCNC