The Shemwell Family

Mary Lea LancasterAge: 79 years19041983

Name
Mary Lea Lancaster
Given names
Mary Lea
Surname
Lancaster
Married name
Mary Lea Byrd
Birth March 31, 1904 37 28
Birth of a sisterDaisie ONeal Lancaster
June 14, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherElijah Lancaster
October 5, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Cause: Asthma
Birth of a sisterAlice Arista Lancaster
October 16, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Census May 24, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Fitzhugh Lancaster
October 24, 1911 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Virginia Lea Byrd
May 31, 1922 (Age 18 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Lewis Grady Byrd Jr
November 11, 1924 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Max Lancaster Byrd
April 8, 1928 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 18, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Census April 30, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 grandson
#1
Donald L Chance
January 4, 1949 (Age 44 years)

Death of a fatherRobert Lee Lancaster
September 28, 1950 (Age 46 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Sammie Lee Chance Sr.
March 10, 1951 (Age 46 years)
Death of a motherEffie Jane Fitzhugh
May 29, 1951 (Age 47 years)
Marriage of a childLewis Grady Byrd JrSara Frances SmithView this family
June 2, 1951 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 60 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 sisterOra Angeline Lancaster
January 4, 1979 (Age 74 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Fitzhugh Lancaster
August 1983 (Age 79 years)
Death December 12, 1983 (Age 79 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest 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
elder sister
3 years
herself
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 Lewis Grady Byrd - View this family
husband
herself
Mary Lea Lancaster
Birth: March 31, 1904 37 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 1983Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Virginia Lea Byrd
Birth: May 31, 1922 20 18Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 2000Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
2 years
son
Lewis Grady Byrd Jr
Birth: November 11, 1924 23 20Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1986Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
3 years
son
daughter
Private

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 - Lewis Grady Byrd - Household

Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Byrd, GradyheadMW29M20TNTNTNSalesmanGarage
Byrd, Mary LeawifeFW26M19TNTNTN
Byrd, VirginiadaughterFW7STNTNTN
Byrd, Lewis Jr.sonMW5STNTNTN
Byrd, MaxsonMW1STNTNTN