The Shemwell Family

Bertha Hall1901

Name
Bertha Hall
Given names
Bertha
Surname
Hall
Birth about 1901 36 33
Death of a fatherAlfonzo “Fonzo” Hall
January 15, 1902 (Age 12 months)
Marriage of a parentWilliam M RagerMartha Belle “Mattie” ComptonView this family
1910 (Age 9 years)

Census April 27, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Census April 30, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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 22, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 28 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
Death of a motherMartha Belle “Mattie” Compton
November 22, 1938 (Age 37 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Smith “Willie” Hall
August 8, 1942 (Age 41 years)
Cause: Cancer of the left kidney
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 49 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: calculated 1891
8 years
elder brother
William Smith “Willie” Hall
Birth: February 9, 1899 34 31Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: August 8, 1942Todd, Kentucky, United States
3 years
herself
Bertha Hall
Birth: about 1901 36 33Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death:
Mother’s family with William M Rager - View this family
step-father
William M Rager
Birth: January 1, 1847Todd, Kentucky, United States
Death: December 14, 1917Todd, Kentucky, United States
mother
Marriage: 1910

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William M Rager - Household

Allegre, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Rager, William MheadMW63M20KYKYKYOwn Income
Rager, Mattie BwifeFW42M2022KYKYKY
Hall, Berthastep daughterFW9SKYKYKY

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William W Compton - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Compton, William WheadMW46M114KYKYKYFarmerGeneral Farming
Compton, Alice LwifeFW41M11421KYKYKY
Compton, Sidney AdaughterFW11SKYKYKY
Hall, Martha BSisterFW42Wd22KYKYKY
Hall, WillienephewMW9SKYKYKY
Hall, BerthanieceFW8SKYKYKY

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Martha Belle “Mattie” Compton - Household

Farm Greenville Road Kirkmansville, Todd, Kentucky

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Rager, Mattie BheadFW53WdKYKYKYFarm ManagerHome Farm
Hall, BerthadaughterFW19SKYKYKY