The Shemwell Family

Robert Fitzhugh LancasterAge: 71 years19111983

Name
Robert Fitzhugh Lancaster
Given names
Robert Fitzhugh
Surname
Lancaster
Birth October 24, 1911 45 36
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Clauson
July 8, 1916 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 3, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Census April 10, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 years)
Death of a motherEffie Jane Fitzhugh
May 29, 1951 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Michael Fitzhugh Lancaster
December 19, 1952 (Age 41 years)

Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 52 years)
Death of a sonMichael Fitzhugh Lancaster
June 1973 (Age 61 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 67 years)
Death August 1983 (Age 71 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Saint Johns Cemetery
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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
elder sister
Mary Lea Lancaster
Birth: March 31, 1904 37 28Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 12, 1983Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
4 years
elder sister
Daisie ONeal Lancaster
Birth: June 14, 1908 41 32Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 1986Davidson, Tennessee, United States
4 months
elder sister
Alice Arista Lancaster
Birth: October 16, 1908 42 33Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 11, 2001
3 years
himself
Robert Fitzhugh Lancaster
Birth: October 24, 1911 45 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1983Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
Family with Mayme Lucille Whitford - View this family
himself
Robert Fitzhugh Lancaster
Birth: October 24, 1911 45 36Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 1983Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
wife
Mayme Lucille Whitford
Birth: December 7, 1915Dover, Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 21, 2002Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private
daughter
Private
son
Michael Fitzhugh Lancaster
Birth: December 19, 1952 41 37
Death: June 1973Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States

Robert Fitzhugh Lancaster has 35 first cousins recorded

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 - Robert Lee Lancaster - Household

Cedar Street Stewart, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Lancaster, Robert LheadMW63M31TNTNTNCarpenterHouse Building
Lancaster, EffiewifeFW53M21TNTNTN
Lancaster, RenadaughterFW32STNTNTNTeacherPublic School
Lancaster, FitzhughsonMW17STNTNTNFarmerFathers Farm

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