The Shemwell Family

Ora Angeline LancasterAge: 77 years19011979

Name
Ora Angeline Lancaster
Given names
Ora Angeline
Surname
Lancaster
Married name
Ora Angeline Kennerly
Married name
Ora Angeline Biggs
Birth March 15, 1901 34 25
MarriageTom BiggsView this family
unknown

Birth of a sisterMary Lea Lancaster
March 31, 1904 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterDaisie ONeal Lancaster
June 14, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Cause: Asthma
Birth of a sisterAlice Arista Lancaster
October 16, 1908 (Age 7 years)
Census May 24, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Fitzhugh Lancaster
October 24, 1911 (Age 10 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 15 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
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/
Census January 7, 1920 (Age 18 years)
MarriageCharles Ferdinand “Charlie” KennerlyView this family
December 27, 1922 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Ferdinand Kennerly Jr
November 14, 1924 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Scott Kennerly
January 3, 1927 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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 4, 1930 (Age 29 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 of a fatherRobert Lee Lancaster
September 28, 1950 (Age 49 years)
Death of a motherEffie Jane Fitzhugh
May 29, 1951 (Age 50 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
Death of a sisterRena Elizabeth Lancaster
April 19, 1964 (Age 63 years)
Death of a husbandCharles Ferdinand “Charlie” Kennerly
October 1966 (Age 65 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 January 4, 1979 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Johns Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: December 13, 1896
9 months
elder sister
Rena Elizabeth Lancaster
Birth: September 16, 1897 31 22Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: April 19, 1964Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder brother
Wesley Lancaster
Birth: January 27, 1900 33 24Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 28, 1900Stewart, Tennessee, United States
14 months
herself
3 years
younger sister
Mary Lea Lancaster
Birth: March 31, 1904 37 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 1983Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
younger sister
Daisie ONeal Lancaster
Birth: June 14, 1908 41 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 1986Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 months
younger sister
Alice Arista Lancaster
Birth: October 16, 1908 42 33Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 2001
3 years
younger brother
Robert Fitzhugh Lancaster
Birth: October 24, 1911 45 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1983Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Family with Charles Ferdinand “Charlie” Kennerly - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: December 27, 1922Stewart, Tennessee, United States
23 months
son
Charles Ferdinand Kennerly Jr
Birth: November 14, 1924 24 23Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Death: December 7, 2004Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
2 years
son
Robert Scott Kennerly
Birth: January 3, 1927 26 25Illinois, United States
Death: July 10, 2005Defiance, St. Charles, Missouri, United States
Family with Tom Biggs - View this family
husband
Tom Biggs
Birth: November 3, 1909Carlisle, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1986Foley, Lincoln, Missouri, United States
herself
Marriage:

Ora Angeline Lancaster has 35 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Lancaster - Household

Heckman Creek Road Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lancaster, RobertheadMW42M13TNTNTNFarmerHome Farm
Lancaster, EffiewifeFW33M1365TNTNTN
Lancaster, IrenedaughterFW12STNTNTN
Lancaster, OradaughterFW9STNTNTN
Lancaster, MarydaughterFW6STNTNTN
Lancaster, DaisydaughterFW4STNTNTN
Lancaster, AlicedaughterFW1STNTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Robert Lee Lancaster - Household

Dauer and Thorpe Road Dover, Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lancaster, RobertheadMW53MTNTNTNFarmingFarm
Lancaster, EffiewifeFW44MTNTNTN
Lancaster, RenadaughterFW22STNTNTN
Lancaster, OradaughterFW18STNTNTN
Lancaster, Mary LeedaughterFW15STNTNTN
Lancaster, DaisiedaughterFW12STNTNTN
Lancaster, AlicedaughterFW10STNTNTN
Lancaster, FitzhughsonMW8STNTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Charles Ferdinand “Charlie” Kennerly - Household

2310 Logan Avenue Granite City, Madison, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Kennerly, Charles FheadMW29M22TNTNTNFurnace ChargerSteel Foundry
Kennerly, Ora AwifeFW29M22TNTNTN
Kennerly, Charles F Jr.sonMW5SILTNTN
Kennerly, Robert SsonMW3-2mSILTNTN
Riggins, DudleyBoarderMW27M26TNTNTNLaborerSteel Foundry

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Ferdinand “Charlie” Kennerly - Household

827A N Ninth East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Kennerly, CharlesheadMW39MTNGranite CityILChargerSteel Plant
Kennerly, OraXwifeFW39MTNGranite CityIL
Kennerly, CharlessonMW15SILGranite CityIL
Kennerly, RobertsonMW13SILGranite CityIL
Lancaster, Fitzhughbrother in lawMW28MTNRStewartTNInspectorSteel Plant
Lancaster, Lucillesister in lawFW24MTNRStewartTN