The Shemwell Family

Ethel May Lex1907

Name
Ethel May Lex
Given names
Ethel May
Surname
Lex
Birth about 1907 32 23
Address: Birth year/place based on 1910 Census
Birth of a brotherWilliam Lex Jr
about 1909 (Age 2 years)
Address: Birth year/place based on 1910 Census
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterRuth Helen Lex
March 3, 1911 (Age 4 years)
Address: See Social Security Death Index for birth/death years
Birth of a brotherFoster J Lex
about 1913 (Age 6 years)
Address: Birth year/place based on 1930 Census
Death of a maternal grandmotherJane Elizabeth Wills
July 19, 1913 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 9 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 10 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 11 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 7, 1920 (Age 13 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
Death of a motherJane V “Jennie” Foster
January 17, 1941 (Age 34 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Robert Foster Sr
March 13, 1941 (Age 34 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 43 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 John Lex
May 23, 1961 (Age 54 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 39 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 sisterRuth Helen Lex
September 1993 (Age 86 years)
Note: Ruth was married to Harry Stabler at the time of her death
Deathunknown

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father
William John Lex
Birth: December 14, 1874Ringtown, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: May 23, 1961Butler, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
mother
Marriage: July 24, 1903Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
-19 months
elder sister
Rachel V Lex
Birth: about 1901 26 17Pennsylvania, United States
Death:
4 years
elder sister
4 years
herself
Ethel May Lex
Birth: about 1907 32 23Pennsylvania, United States
Death:
3 years
younger brother
William Lex Jr
Birth: about 1909 34 25Pennsylvania, United States
Death:
2 years
younger sister
Ruth Helen Lex
Birth: March 3, 1911 36 27Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 1993Hatboro, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
younger brother
Foster J Lex
Birth: about 1913 38 29Pennsylvania, United States
Death:

Ethel May Lex has 34 first cousins recorded

Father's family (0)

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - William John Rex - Household

Conyngham, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Lex, William JheadMW33M9PAGermanyGermanEnglishForemanCoal MinerWNo0YesYesRH
Lex, Jane VwifeFW27M9EnglandEnglandEngland1885EnglishNoneYesYes
Lex, Rachel VdaughterFW9SPAPAEnglandYes
Lex, Helene JdaughterFW6SPAPAEnglandYes
Lex, Ethal MdaughterFW3SPAPAEngland
Lex, WilliamsonMW1SPAPAEngland

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William John Lex - Household

Conyngham, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Lex, William JheadRMW46MYesYesPAGermanyGermanGermanyGermanYesAssistant ForemanCoal MineW
Lex, Jane VwifeFW38M??NaYesYesEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishEnglandEnglishYesNone
Lex, Rachel VdaughterFW18SNoYesYesPAPAEnglandYesLaborerShirt MillW
Lex, Helene JdaughterFW16SNoYesYesPAPAEnglandYesLaborerShirt MillW
Lex, Ethel MdaughterFW12SYesYesYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Lex, WilliamsonMW10SYesYesYesPAPAEnglandYesNone
Lex, Foster JsonMW5SYesPAPAEnglandNone