The Shemwell Family

Lee Roy KittrellAge: 67 years19041971

Name
Lee Roy Kittrell
Given names
Lee Roy
Surname
Kittrell
Birth January 3, 1904 27 25
Birth of a sisterAlberta Kittrell
September 23, 1907 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterAlice Viola Kittrell
December 12, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Census April 20, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLeila Bell Kittrell
1913 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a brotherPaul Albert Kittrell
February 2, 1915 (Age 11 years)
Death of a sisterAlberta Kittrell
July 30, 1915 (Age 11 years)
Cause: Appendicitis
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Jane Hinkle
June 20, 1917 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 12 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 13 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 3, 1920 (Age 16 years)
MarriageMay E SallarsView this family
September 17, 1923 (Age 19 years)
Death of a brotherPaul Albert Kittrell
June 8, 1929 (Age 25 years)
Cause: Drowning
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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 paternal grandfatherDaniel Rushin Kittrell
December 11, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Cause: Pneumonia
Death of a fatherMarion Arthur Kittrell
April 15, 1936 (Age 32 years)
MarriageMinnie Mae GeeView this family
September 11, 1944 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 motherSarah Maude McKnab
March 1, 1947 (Age 43 years)

Death of a brotherNoel Roscoe Kittrell
November 10, 1952 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 45 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 sisterGrace Josephine Kittrell
November 16, 1960 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 May 29, 1971 (Age 67 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Park
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: February 9, 1896Carroll, Arkansas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Grace Josephine Kittrell
Birth: August 22, 1898 22 20Bee Branch, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 16, 1960Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
5 years
elder brother
Noel Roscoe Kittrell
Birth: April 18, 1903 27 24Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: November 10, 1952Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
9 months
himself
Lee Roy Kittrell
Birth: January 3, 1904 27 25Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 29, 1971Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
4 years
younger sister
Alberta Kittrell
Birth: September 23, 1907 31 29Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: July 30, 1915Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Alice Viola Kittrell
Birth: December 12, 1909 33 31Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: August 11, 1981Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
4 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Paul Albert Kittrell
Birth: February 2, 1915 38 36Arkansas, United States
Death: June 8, 1929Oklahoma, United States
Family with May E Sallars - View this family
himself
Lee Roy Kittrell
Birth: January 3, 1904 27 25Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 29, 1971Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
wife
Marriage: September 17, 1923Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Family with Minnie Mae Gee - View this family
himself
Lee Roy Kittrell
Birth: January 3, 1904 27 25Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Death: May 29, 1971Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, United States
wife
Minnie Mae Gee
Birth: October 27, 1909Sunset, Montague, Texas, United States
Death: June 1, 1995Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Marriage: September 11, 1944Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

Lee Roy Kittrell has 22 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Marion Arthur Kittrell - Household

49 Copper Street Eureka Springs, Carroll, Arkansas

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Kittrell, Arthur MheadMW35M115ARMOMOLaborerOdd Jobs
Kittrell, Maude SwifeFW33M11575ARARAR
Kittrell, Grace JdaughterFW11SARARAR
Kittrell, RoscoesonMW9SARARAR
Kittrell, Le RoysonMW5SARARAR
Kittrell, AlbertadaughterFW3SARARAR
Kittrell, AlicedaughterFW1SARARAR

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Marion Arthur Kittrell - Household

1224 Wall Street Joplin, Jasper, Missouri

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Kittrell, Arthur MheadMW46MARMOMOMoulderIron Works
Kittrell, Sarah MwifeFW43MARARKY
Kittrell, RoscoesonMW19SARARARIron WorkerIron Works
Kittrell, RoysonMW15SARARARIron WorkerIron Works
Kittrell, AlicedaughterFW11SARARAR
Kittrell, Leila MdaughterFW7SARARAR
Kittrell, Albert PsonMW5SARARAR