The Shemwell Family

Roberta Faye CappsAge: 81 years19161997

Name
Roberta Faye Capps
Given names
Roberta Faye
Surname
Capps
Married name
Roberta Faye Givens
Married name
Roberta Faye Watkins
Married name
Roberta Faye McCollom
Birth March 1, 1916 23 19
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

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 10 months)

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 22 months)

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 13, 1920 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherOtis Franklin Capps
April 15, 1922 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAlpharetta C “Alpha” Holland
February 21, 1928 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 30, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Census April 4, 1940 (Age 24 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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 son
#1
John C Watkins
December 4, 1947 (Age 31 years)
Death of a sonJohn C Watkins
December 6, 1947 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 husbandCurtis “Pete” Watkins
June 2, 1971 (Age 55 years)
MarriageDonald Ray GivensView this family
May 3, 1974 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 fatherOscar Franklin Capps
April 30, 1986 (Age 70 years)
Death of a motherJettie Mae Carr
March 20, 1992 (Age 76 years)
Death July 11, 1997 (Age 81 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Centertown Cemetery
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father
mother
elder sister
Alma Izora Capps
Birth: June 21, 1913 20 16Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 12, 1999Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States
3 years
herself
sister
Private
younger brother
Otis Franklin Capps
Birth: April 15, 1922 29 25Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 3, 2004Stuart, Martin, Florida, United States
Family with Donald Ray Givens - View this family
husband
Donald Ray Givens
Birth: March 4, 1938McHenry, Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Death: July 15, 2013Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States
herself
Marriage: May 3, 1974Ohio, Kentucky, United States
Family with Curtis “Pete” Watkins - View this family
husband
herself
son
John C Watkins
Birth: December 4, 1947 43 31Kentucky, United States
Death: December 6, 1947Kentucky, United States
son
Private
Family with Albert C McCollom - View this family
husband
herself
son
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Roberta Faye Capps has 10 first cousins recorded