The Shemwell Family

Robbie Doris WilliamsAge: 46 years19141960

Name
Robbie Doris Williams
Given names
Robbie Doris
Surname
Williams
Married name
Robbie Doris Jones
Birth August 1, 1914 23 20
MarriageJoseph Granville JonesView this family
unknown

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 months)

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 sisterRuby Lee Williams
September 3, 1917 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 2 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 3 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/
Marriage of a parentRobert Lee WilliamsJoy Edith JonesView this family
October 5, 1927 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 15 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 7, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Robert Joseph “Bobbie Joe” Jones
December 13, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAnna Elizabeth “Linkie” Abernathy
December 13, 1935 (Age 21 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Joshua Hinchey
February 16, 1936 (Age 21 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
William Franklin “Billy Frank” Jones
August 18, 1941 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 27 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 35 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 31 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 August 8, 1960 (Age 46 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
Robert Lee Williams
Birth: December 25, 1890Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 11, 1960Creve Coeur, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
mother
herself
brother
Private
younger sister
sister
Private
brother
Private
Father’s family with Joy Edith Jones - View this family
father
Robert Lee Williams
Birth: December 25, 1890Lexington, Henderson, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 11, 1960Creve Coeur, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
step-mother
Marriage: October 5, 1927Gibson, Dunklin, Missouri, United States
Family with Joseph Granville Jones - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage:
son
Robert Joseph “Bobbie Joe” Jones
Birth: December 13, 1935 21 21Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Death: July 22, 2018Kenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States
6 years
son
William Franklin “Billy Frank” Jones
Birth: August 18, 1941 27 27Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 31, 2014Los Alamitos, Orange, California, United States

Robbie Doris Williams has 7 first cousins recorded

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Joseph Granville Jones - Household

Madison, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Jones, JosephXheadMW25MTNSame PlaceSanderConstruction
Jones, RobbiewifeFW26MMOSame Place
Jones, Bobbie JoesonMW4STN