The Shemwell Family

Nellie WilsonAge: 87 years18851973

Name
Nellie Wilson
Given names
Nellie
Surname
Wilson
Married name
Nellie Rollins
Birth November 5, 1885
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 12 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
MarriageLeon Albert RollinsView this family
February 22, 1911 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Esther Ruth Rollins
June 18, 1916 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 30 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 31 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 32 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 43 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 May 1, 1940 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Wallace Neil VanStavern
June 29, 1942 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Robert Ray VanStavern
July 12, 1943 (Age 57 years)
Death of a grandsonRobert Ray VanStavern
December 16, 1943 (Age 58 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 56 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 granddaughter
#3
Margaret Ruth VanStavern
March 10, 1946 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 64 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 husbandLeon Albert Rollins
May 20, 1969 (Age 83 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 60 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 October 2, 1973 (Age 87 years)
Family with Leon Albert Rollins - View this family
husband
herself
Nellie Wilson
Birth: November 5, 1885Missouri, United States
Death: October 2, 1973Missouri, United States
Marriage: February 22, 1911Laclede, Missouri, United States
5 years
daughter

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leon Albert Rollins - Household

Oakland Road Osage, Laclede, Missouri

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Rollins, Leon AheadMW50MMOsame placeFarmerFarm
Rollins, NellieXwifeFW54MMOsame place
Rollins, Leon A JrsonMW17SMOsame place
Rollins, ClarencesonMW15SMOsame place
Rollins, DaisysisterFW60SKSsame place
Vanstavern, Wallace Oson in lawMW27SMORLacledeMOTeacherRural School
Vanstavern, Esther RdaughterFW23SMOsame placeSecretaryCounty ??