The Shemwell Family

James Willard Carlson1902

Name
James Willard Carlson
Given names
James Willard
Surname
Carlson
Birth February 25, 1902 34 32
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 8 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas James Holland
March 19, 1913 (Age 11 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 27, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary E Williams
December 10, 1922 (Age 20 years)

Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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
Death of a fatherOtto William Carlson
April 18, 1939 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 47 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 motherSarah Caroline Holland
October 9, 1966 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 43 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
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father
mother
Sarah Caroline Holland
Birth: January 9, 1870 29 28Benton, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 9, 1966Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: January 9, 1900Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
elder sister
14 months
himself
James Willard Carlson
Birth: February 25, 1902 34 32Glascow, Valley, Montana, United States
Death:

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Otto William Carlson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carlson, Otto WheadMW43M10SwedenSwedenSwedenfarmer
Carlson, SalliewifeFW40M1022ARMOMO
Carlson, MarydaughterFW9SARSwedenAR
Carlson, James WsonMW8SMTSwedenAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Otto William Carlson - Household

Benton, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Carlson, Otto WheadMW52M1882Na1888SwedenSwedenSwedenfarmerstock farm
Carlson, Sarah wifeFW58MARMOMO
Carlson, MarydaughterFW19SARSwedenAR
Carlson, James sonMW17SMTSwedenAR
Holland, Mary Emother in lawFW78WdMOTNTN