The Shemwell Family

Wesley Alexander PattersonAge: 73 years18721945

Name
Wesley Alexander Patterson
Given names
Wesley Alexander
Surname
Patterson
Birth September 17, 1872
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 25 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 43 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 44 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 45 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/
MarriageBlanche Ethel HulseyView this family
about 1929 (Age 56 years)

Note: Marriage date based on the birth date of her youngest child (Haskell Wesley Patterson) on June 14, 1930. Will assume she was married in ~1929.
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 57 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 14, 1930 (Age 57 years)
Census April 2, 1940 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 69 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
Death November 20, 1945 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: City of Lubbock Cemetery
Family with Blanche Ethel Hulsey - View this family
himself
Wesley Alexander Patterson
Birth: September 17, 1872Tennessee, United States
Death: November 20, 1945Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: about 1929
James Riley “Jim” Holley + Blanche Ethel Hulsey - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: about 1916Lamar, Texas, United States
18 months
step-son
Clifton C “Cliff” Holley
Birth: July 1, 1917 18 23Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 15, 2008Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States
Newman Franklin Fisher + Blanche Ethel Hulsey - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: about 1917

No family available

Marriage
Marriage date based on the birth date of her youngest child (Haskell Wesley Patterson) on June 14, 1930. Will assume she was married in ~1929.
Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Wesley A Patterson - Household

Lubbock, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Patterson, Wesley AheadMW57M21TNTNTNMerchantGrocery
Patterson, Blanche EwifeFW35M22TXALAL
Holley, Clifton CsonMW13STXTXTXLaborerFarm
Fisher, Bonnie BdaughterFW9STXALTX
Fisher, Newman LsonMW6STXALTX
Fisher, M LdaughterFW2STXALTX

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Wesley A Patterson - Household

Lubbock, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Patterson, W AheadMW67MTNSame HouseDay Laborer
Patterson, BlancheXwifeFW46MTX
Holley, Cliftonstep sonMW22STXTruck DriverTrucking
Fisher, Leestep sonMW16STX
Fisher, M Lstep daughterFW12STX
Patterson, HaskellsonMW9STX
Patterson, CharliesonMW8STX