The Shemwell Family

Margaret Eunice HowardAge: 86 years19101997

Name
Margaret Eunice Howard
Given names
Margaret Eunice
Surname
Howard
Married name
Margaret Eunice Dobbins
Birth October 3, 1910 31 26
Birth of a brotherWilliam Raymond Howard
April 6, 1913 (Age 2 years)
Death of a sisterMildred C Howard
October 31, 1914 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherRalph Clinton Howard
January 28, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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 5, 1920 (Age 9 years)
MarriageSherman Everett DobbinsView this family
about 1927 (Age 16 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Shirley Nadine Dobbins
September 8, 1928 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Clinton Everett Dobbins
March 25, 1931 (Age 20 years)
Census April 18, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherFranklin Leander “Tobe” Hall
April 1, 1941 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 maternal grandmotherMartha Addie Gilbert
June 16, 1947 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 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 fatherWilliam Baxter Howard
August 15, 1958 (Age 47 years)
Death of a motherIda L Hall
June 13, 1968 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 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 husbandSherman Everett Dobbins
October 27, 1992 (Age 82 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Raymond Howard
July 9, 1993 (Age 82 years)
Death of a sisterVerdella Louise Howard
July 2, 1994 (Age 83 years)
Death March 4, 1997 (Age 86 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Bushnell Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: January 21, 1904Douglas, Illinois, United States
17 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Mildred C Howard
Birth: October 1, 1908 29 24Douglas, Illinois, United States
Death: October 31, 1914Illinois, United States
2 years
herself
Margaret Eunice Howard
Birth: October 3, 1910 31 26Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States
Death: March 4, 1997O'Fallon, St. Charles, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Raymond Howard
Birth: April 6, 1913 33 28Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States
Death: July 9, 1993Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
4 years
younger brother
Ralph Clinton Howard
Birth: January 28, 1917 37 32Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States
Death: March 16, 1999Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Family with Sherman Everett Dobbins - View this family
husband
Sherman Everett Dobbins
Birth: October 21, 1906Maitland, Holt, Missouri, United States
Death: October 27, 1992Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States
herself
Margaret Eunice Howard
Birth: October 3, 1910 31 26Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States
Death: March 4, 1997O'Fallon, St. Charles, Missouri, United States
Marriage: about 1927
20 months
daughter
Shirley Nadine Dobbins
Birth: September 8, 1928 21 17Illinois, United States
Death: August 3, 2015Skokie, Cook, Illinois, United States
3 years
son

Margaret Eunice Howard has 5 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Baxter Howard - Household

Wilson St. Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Howard, W BheadMW40MKYKYKYBAkerBakery
Howard, IdawifeFW35MILKYKY
Howard, LouisedaughterFW14SILKYIL
Howard, EunicedaughterFW9SILKYIL
Howard, RaymondsonMW6SILKYIL
Howard, RalphsonMW2SILKYIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Sherman Everett Dobbins - Household

Oakland, Coles, Illinois

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Dobbins, Sherman EheadMW23M19MOINMOBakerBakery
Dobbins, Margaret EwifeFW19M16ILKYIL
Dobbins, Shirley NdaughterFW1-7mSILMOIL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Sherman Everett Dobbins - Household

Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Dobbins, ShermanheadMW33MMOMinierILBakerWholsale & Retail Bakery
Dobbins, MargaretXwifeFW29MILMinierIL
Dobbins, ShirleydaughterFW11SILMinierIL
Dobbins, ClintonsonMW9SILMinierIL