The Shemwell Family

Cleo Elizabeth CarrAge: 86 years19131999

Name
Cleo Elizabeth Carr
Given names
Cleo Elizabeth
Surname
Carr
Married name
Cleo Elizabeth Gibbons
Birth February 5, 1913 28 19
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 2 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 3 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 4 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/
Death of a paternal grandmotherAlpharetta C “Alpha” Holland
February 21, 1928 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 16 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 17 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Billy Jack Gibbons
March 23, 1933 (Age 20 years)
Census April 24, 1940 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 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 36 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 fatherHenry M Stanley Carr
December 2, 1957 (Age 44 years)
Death of a motherTennie Young
November 2, 1968 (Age 55 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 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 husbandClyde Omo Gibbons
September 1977 (Age 64 years)
Death of a brotherCecil Cleon Carr
April 2, 1982 (Age 69 years)
Death October 12, 1999 (Age 86 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1908
9 months
elder brother
Cecil Cleon Carr
Birth: September 26, 1908 24 15Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: April 2, 1982Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
1 year
elder sister
Lela Modiste Carr
Birth: September 24, 1909 25 16Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: June 18, 2010Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
herself
Cleo Elizabeth Carr
Birth: February 5, 1913 28 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 12, 1999Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Clyde Omo Gibbons - View this family
husband
Clyde Omo Gibbons
Birth: February 13, 1911Powell, McDonald, Missouri, United States
Death: September 1977Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
herself
Cleo Elizabeth Carr
Birth: February 5, 1913 28 19Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 12, 1999Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
son
Billy Jack Gibbons
Birth: March 23, 1933 22 20Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 26, 2003Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
son
Private
daughter
Private

Cleo Elizabeth Carr has 11 first cousins recorded

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 - Clyde Omo Gibbons - Household

109 E 13th Hays, Ellis, Kansas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gibbons, ClydeheadMW29MMOPipe Line gang manPipeline Co.
Gibbons, CleowifeFW27MOK
Gibbons, Billy JacksonMW7SOK