The Shemwell Family

Lewis F Pirkey1909

Name
Lewis F Pirkey
Given names
Lewis F
Surname
Pirkey
Birth 1909 29 26
Census April 16, 1910 (Age 15 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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
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Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 9 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 32 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 half-brotherJames Richard Pirkey
October 5, 1946 (Age 37 years)
Cause: Heart Attack
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 41 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 motherLeilia Giddens
February 19, 1957 (Age 48 years)
Death of a fatherHenry Warren Pirkey
May 21, 1963 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 37 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
Deathunknown

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father
mother
Leilia Giddens
Birth: October 22, 1882Red River, Texas, United States
Death: February 19, 1957Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States
Marriage:
elder brother
Henry Pirkey Jr
Birth: about 1908 28 25Red River, Texas, United States
Death:
2 years
himself
Father’s family with Mary Elizabeth Baker - View this family
father
step-mother
Mary Elizabeth Baker
Birth: September 27, 1878 32 23Galveston, Texas, United States
Death: April 14, 1900Dalby Springs, Bowie, Texas, United States
Marriage: December 16, 1897Bowie, Texas, United States
10 months
half-brother

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry Warren Pirkey - Household

Red River, Texas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Pirkey, HenryheadMW30M4TXVATXCashierBank
Pirkey, LeiliawifeFW26M422TXTXTN
Pirkey, JamessonMW11STXTXTX
Pirkey, Henry JrsonMW2STXTXTX
Pirkey, Lewis FsonMW8mSTXTXTX