The Shemwell Family

Ida Celeste BreedloveAge: 58 years19011960

Name
Ida Celeste Breedlove
Given names
Ida Celeste
Surname
Breedlove
Married name
Ida Celeste Pruitt
Birth December 2, 1901 48 45
Death of a fatherWilliam Riley Breedlove
March 20, 1916 (Age 14 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
Birth of a son
#1
John Henry Pruitt
December 27, 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/
Birth of a son
#2
Paul David Pruitt
September 26, 1919 (Age 17 years)
Census January 10, 1920 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Mareta Ethel Pruitt
January 24, 1922 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Jimmie Vernice Pruitt
April 23, 1924 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Muriel Jane Pruitt
June 7, 1928 (Age 26 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
Census April 16, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Death of a motherCelesta Jane Williams
April 20, 1930 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Alice Maud Pruitt
April 17, 1931 (Age 29 years)
Death of a daughterAlice Maud Pruitt
February 2, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Hazel Lavaca Pruitt
May 5, 1933 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#8
Joyce L Pruitt
March 1, 1938 (Age 36 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 38 years)
Marriage of a childThomas Basil RichardsonMareta Ethel PruittView this family
December 29, 1940 (Age 39 years)

Marriage of a childJohn Henry PruittMarjorie SudburyView this family
April 12, 1941 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childPaul David PruittMarian Luretta CraigView this family
November 1, 1942 (Age 40 years)
Marriage of a childDonny Allen BrownJimmie Vernice PruittView this family
October 22, 1944 (Age 42 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
Birth of a granddaughter
#1
Janice May Brown
May 3, 1946 (Age 44 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Vicki Pamela Brown
February 15, 1948 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childCharles Wesley EastwoodMuriel Jane PruittView this family
August 15, 1949 (Age 47 years)
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 48 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
Marriage of a childKenneth Eugene HelmsHazel Lavaca PruittView this family
August 28, 1954 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childPaul Michael DavisJoyce L PruittView this family
January 25, 1959 (Age 57 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 November 20, 1960 (Age 58 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: April 6, 1876Morgan, Tennessee, United States
26 years
herself
-7 years
elder sister
Family with William Lester Pruitt - View this family
husband
herself
son
John Henry Pruitt
Birth: December 27, 1917 21 16Deer, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 27, 1993Taft, Kern, California, United States
21 months
son
Paul David Pruitt
Birth: September 26, 1919 22 17Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 3, 1989Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States
2 years
daughter
Mareta Ethel Pruitt
Birth: January 24, 1922 25 20Pleasant Hill, Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 5, 1993Riverside, California, United States
2 years
daughter
Jimmie Vernice Pruitt
Birth: April 23, 1924 27 22Newton, Arkansas, United States
Death: June 26, 2004Vista, San Diego, California, United States
daughter
Private
daughter
Muriel Jane Pruitt
Birth: June 7, 1928 31 26Wetumka, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 8, 2011Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
3 years
daughter
Alice Maud Pruitt
Birth: April 17, 1931 34 29Hughes, Oklahoma, United States
Death: February 2, 1933Decatur, Benton, Arkansas, United States
2 years
daughter
Hazel Lavaca Pruitt
Birth: May 5, 1933 36 31Arkansas, United States
Death: May 2, 2001Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States
5 years
daughter
Joyce L Pruitt
Birth: March 1, 1938 41 36Kern, California, United States
Death: January 6, 2014Riverside, California, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Lester Pruitt - Household

Pleasant Hill, Newton, Arkansas

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Pruitt, W LesterheadMW24MARARTNFarmerGeneal Farm
Pruitt, IdawifeFW19MARTNTN
Pruitt, H JohnsonMW2SARARAR
Pruitt, PaulsonMW3mSARARAR