The Shemwell Family

Malana S HiserAge: 73 years19071980

Name
Malana S Hiser
Given names
Malana S
Surname
Hiser
Married name
Malana S Sanders
Birth February 19, 1907
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
MarriageThomas B “Joe” SandersView this family
about 1925 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Rosa Lee Sanders
August 14, 1926 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a son
#2
J D Sanders
March 22, 1928 (Age 21 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 22, 1930 (Age 23 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 33 years)
Marriage of a childAlvie L “Buck” HolleyRosa Lee SandersView this family
about 1941 (Age 33 years)
Note: Marriage information taken off of Rosa's Death Certificate
Death of a daughterRosa Lee Sanders
August 24, 1942 (Age 35 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 42 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 38 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 March 11, 1980 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hopewell Cemetery
Family with Thomas B “Joe” Sanders - View this family
husband
Thomas B “Joe” Sanders
Birth: June 14, 1893Kellogg, Hunt, Texas, United States
Death: September 4, 1982Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: about 1925Texas, United States
19 months
daughter
Rosa Lee Sanders
Birth: August 14, 1926 33 19Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Death: August 24, 1942Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
19 months
son
J D Sanders
Birth: March 22, 1928 34 21Texas, United States
Death: January 26, 2005Lamar, Texas, United States

No family available

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas B “Joe” Sanders - Household

Lamar, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Sanders, Thomas BheadYesMW31M22NoYesTXTXTXYesFarmerGeneral FarmYesNo
Sanders, Malana Swife HRYesFW23M16NoNoTXTXTXYesNone
Sanders, Rosa LdaughterXFW5SNoTXTXTXNone
Sanders, J DsonXMW2SNoTXTXTXNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Thomas B “Joe” Sanders - Household

Lamar, Texas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Sanders, Thomas BXheadR5YesMW47MNoTXRChoctawOKFarmerFarmOA36250No
Sanders, Malana SwifeFW32MNoTXRChoctawOK
Sanders, Rosa LdaughterFW13SNoTXRChoctawOK
Sanders, J DsonMW12SNoTXRChoctawOK
Holley, Alvie LlodgerMW21SNoTXSame PlaceLamarTXFarm LaborerFarmPW40300No