The Shemwell Family

Noel Wiley Cunnyngham JrAge: 76 years19151991

Name
Noel Wiley Cunnyngham Jr
Given names
Noel Wiley
Surname
Cunnyngham
Name suffix
Jr
Birth April 17, 1915 27 24
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 months)

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 20 months)

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 2 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 fatherNoel Wiley Cunnyngham
November 28, 1919 (Age 4 years)
Census January 8, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherHortence Vitoria Hall
October 16, 1920 (Age 5 years)
Cause: Muscular Dystrophy
Marriage of a parentLeo Vernon HarrisSaidee Haws EvansView this family
June 2, 1923 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 14 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 22, 1930 (Age 15 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Haws Evans
January 10, 1935 (Age 19 years)
Census April 19, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Military
WW2 Draft
October 16, 1940 (Age 25 years)
Military
WWII Enlistment
April 21, 1942 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 11, 1950 (Age 34 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 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 30 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 of a motherSaidee Haws Evans
February 5, 1985 (Age 69 years)
Death August 2, 1991 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Gravitt Evans Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Saidee Haws Evans
Birth: February 12, 1891 35 25Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 5, 1985Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: December 26, 1912Rhea, Tennessee, United States
16 months
elder sister
Evens Cunnyngham
Birth: April 30, 1914 26 23Evansville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 30, 1914Evansville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
1 year
himself
Noel Wiley Cunnyngham Jr
Birth: April 17, 1915 27 24Washington, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 2, 1991Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Mother’s family with Leo Vernon Harris - View this family
step-father
Leo Vernon Harris
Birth: May 2, 1891 25 18Pikeville, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: November 29, 1964Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
mother
Saidee Haws Evans
Birth: February 12, 1891 35 25Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 5, 1985Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee, United States
Marriage: June 2, 1923Rhea, Tennessee, United States

Noel Wiley Cunnyngham Jr has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Thomas H Evans - Household

Mountain St. Evensville, Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Evans, Thomas HheadMW63WdTNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Evans, ClemmieSisterFW69STNTN
Cunnyngham, SaideedaughterFW28WdTNTNTN
Cunnyngham, Noel JrGrandsonMW4=8mSTNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Leo Vernon Harris - Household

State Highway Number 27 Rhea, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Harris, Leo VheadMW37M31TNINTNSalesmanAutomobiles
Harris, Saidee HwifeFW37M31TNTNTN
Cunnyngham, Noel Jr.sonMW14STNTNTN

Noel is listed as Harris

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leo Vernon Harris - Household

Porter Cemetary Road Rhea, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Harris, Leo VXheadMW48MTNSame HouseFarmer
Harris, SaideewifeFW48MTNSame House
Evans, ClemmieauntFW90STNSame House
Cunnyngham, Noelstep sonMW25STNSame HouseTruckerFreight Lines