The Shemwell Family

Nelly Hawkins1879

Name
Nelly Hawkins
Given names
Nelly
Surname
Hawkins
Birth 1879 24 25
Census June 10, 1880 (Age 17 months)
Birth of a sisterEffie Hawkins
August 1883 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterNanie Hawkins
May 1885 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterNellie Lee Hawkins
April 1888 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterSallie Hawkins
July 1890 (Age 11 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Richard Thompson
November 25, 1895 (Age 16 years)
Death of a motherSarah A A Thompson
July 22, 1898 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 19 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
Birth of a half-sisterMyrtle Lee Hawkins
December 23, 1899 (Age 20 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Martin HawkinsLula RutledgeView this family
1899 (Age 20 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy C L F “Frances” Lee
November 21, 1912 (Age 33 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 37 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 38 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 39 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 50 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 62 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 71 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 67 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: October 17, 1875Logan, Kentucky, United States
14 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
2 years
herself
5 years
younger sister
22 months
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
Father’s family with Lula Rutledge - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: 1899
1 year
half-sister

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - James Martin Hawkins - Household

Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Hawkins, James MWM25headMfarmerKYKYKY
Hawkins, Anna SWF24wifeMILSCKY
Hawkins, WilvinaWF3daughterSKYKYIL
Hawkins, Sarah AWF2daughterSKYKYIL
Hawkins, NellyWF9 monthsdaughterSKYKYIL
Thompson, WillisWM21brother in lawSfarmerKYNCKY