The Shemwell Family

Charles Ferdinand “Charlie” KennerlyAge: 66 years19001966

Name
Charles Ferdinand “Charlie” Kennerly
Given names
Charles Ferdinand
Surname
Kennerly
Nickname
Charlie
Birth September 23, 1900
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/
MarriageOra Angeline LancasterView this family
December 27, 1922 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Ferdinand Kennerly Jr
November 14, 1924 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Scott Kennerly
January 3, 1927 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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 41 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 49 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 45 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 October 1966 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Johns Cemetery
Family with Ora Angeline Lancaster - View this family
himself
wife
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
Tom Biggs + Ora Angeline Lancaster - View this family
wife’s husband
Tom Biggs
Birth: November 3, 1909Carlisle, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 1986Foley, Lincoln, Missouri, United States
wife
Marriage:

No family available

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