The Shemwell Family

Tennie YoungAge: 75 years18931968

Name
Tennie Young
Given names
Tennie
Surname
Young
Married name
Tennie Carr
Birth February 26, 1893
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageHenry M Stanley CarrView this family
about 1908 (Age 14 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Cecil Cleon Carr
September 26, 1908 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lela Modiste Carr
September 24, 1909 (Age 16 years)
Census May 19, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Cleo Elizabeth Carr
February 5, 1913 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 23 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 24 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 36 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 8, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Marriage of a childTheodore Roosevelt WinnLela Modiste CarrView this family
April 26, 1930 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Billy Jack Gibbons
March 23, 1933 (Age 40 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 56 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 husbandHenry M Stanley Carr
December 2, 1957 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 November 2, 1968 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bristow Cemetery
Family with Henry M Stanley Carr - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: about 1908
9 months
son
Cecil Cleon Carr
Birth: September 26, 1908 24 15Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 2, 1982Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
1 year
daughter
Lela Modiste Carr
Birth: September 24, 1909 25 16Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 18, 2010Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
daughter
Cleo Elizabeth Carr
Birth: February 5, 1913 28 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 12, 1999Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

No family available

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry M Stanley Carr - Household

Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Carr, StanleyheadMW25M12MOMOILFarmer
Carr, TenniewifeFW17M1200MOMOTN
Carr, CecilsonMW1SOKMOMO
Carr, LeladaughterFW7mSOKMOMO

Says 0 chidren born/living.. but 1st marriage for both. -b

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Henry M Stanley Carr - Household

248 W. 4th Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Carr, Stanley HheadMW45M23MOILKYContractorWater Well
Carr, TenniewifeFW37M15MOTNMO
Carr, CecilsonMW21SOKMOMO
Carr, ModestdaughterFW20SOKMOMO
Carr, CleodaughterFW17SOKMOMO

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Henry M Stanley Carr - Household

248 W. 4th Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Carr, StanlerheadMW55MMOSame HouseDrilling ContractorWater Well
Carr, TenniewifeFW47MMOSame House