The Shemwell Family

Estella “Stella” HolleyAge: 80 years19061987

Name
Estella “Stella” Holley
Given names
Estella
Surname
Holley
Married name
Estella Chambliss
Married name
Estella Johnson
Nickname
Stella
Birth June 24, 1906 36 26
Birth of a sisterGoldie Holley
about 1907 (Age 6 months)
Birth of a brotherLeslie E Holley
calculated May 1909 (Age 2 years)
Census April 22, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Death of a brotherLeslie E Holley
after April 22, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Note: He died in 1910 after the April 22, 1910 Census was taken
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 fatherEdman McGurris Holley
January 30, 1917 (Age 10 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherRansom B “Rance” McGehee
January 30, 1918 (Age 11 years)
MarriageMoses C ChamblissView this family
July 5, 1918 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 10 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 11 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 husbandMoses C Chambliss
January 27, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Grace Mozell Chambliss
April 11, 1919 (Age 12 years)
Census January 2, 1920 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Shular Van Johnson
May 24, 1923 (Age 16 years)
Death of a sisterMary Ethel Holley
December 10, 1928 (Age 22 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 23 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 23 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Harold Stanley Austin
December 5, 1937 (Age 31 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Emmett Roger Austin
March 3, 1941 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 35 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
Census April 3, 1950 (Age 43 years)
Death of a motherAutie Beulah McGehee
August 17, 1952 (Age 46 years)
Death of a brotherJames Riley “Jim” Holley
October 29, 1953 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 43 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 husbandWillie Vander Johnson
August 1974 (Age 68 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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
Marriage of a childShular Van JohnsonMabel Marie BurrellView this family
after 1976 (Age 69 years)

Death June 2, 1987 (Age 80 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: October 3, 1894Lamar, Texas, United States
-3 months
elder sister
Mary Ethel Holley
Birth: July 10, 1894 24 14Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: December 10, 1928Bogota, Red River, Texas, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder sister
Edna M Holley
Birth: June 6, 1901 31 21Texas, United States
Death: July 6, 1903Texas, United States
5 years
herself
18 months
younger sister
Goldie Holley
Birth: about 1907 37 26Lamar, Texas, United States
Death:
2 years
younger brother
Leslie E Holley
Birth: calculated May 1909 39 29Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: after April 22, 1910Texas, United States
Family with Moses C Chambliss - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: July 5, 1918Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
9 months
daughter
Family with Willie Vander Johnson - View this family
husband
herself
daughter
Private
son
Shular Van Johnson
Birth: May 24, 1923 33 16Clarksville, Texas, United States
Death: December 15, 2013Jerome, Jerome, Idaho, United States

Estella “Stella” Holley has 21 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Edman McGurris Holley - Household

Lamar, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Holley, EdheadMW49M215MOIrelandMOFarmerHome Farm
Holley, Attie BwifeFW30M11575ARARAR
Holley, Ethel MdaughterFW14STXMOARFarm LaborerHome Farm
Holley, James RsonMW11STXMOARFarm LaborerHome Farm
Holley, EstelldaughterFW5MTXMOAR
Holley, GoldadaughterFW3STXMOAR
Holley, Leslie EsonMW11mSTXMOAR

Ed's 2nd marriage but they have been married 15 years -b

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Willie Vander Johnson - Household

Lamar, Texas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Johnson, Vander WheadMW22MTNTNTN
Johnson, EstellawifeFW15MTXMOAR
Johnson, Gracie ?FW8mSTXTNTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Willie Vander Johnson - Household

Lake, Perry, Arkansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Johnson, V. W.XheadMW47MTNSame HouseFarmingFarming
Johnson, StellawifeFW35MTXSame House
Johnson, Shular (Ab)sonFW17STXSame HouseNYABuilding Project
Holley, Ottiemother in lawFW59WdARSame House

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Willie Vander Johnson - Household

Lake, Perry, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Johnson, Willie VheadMW52MarARWk40SawyerSawmillP
Johnson, EstellawifeFW47MarARH
Holley, Ottiemother-in-lawFW70WdARH