The Shemwell Family

Charles Lee WalkerAge: 66 years18971963

Name
Charles Lee Walker
Given names
Charles Lee
Surname
Walker
Birth April 13, 1897 35 30
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 11 months)
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 brotherJohn Y Walker
about 1902 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam W Walker
about 1905 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a sisterLou Madeline Walker
September 21, 1907 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterRuby Adeline Walker
May 21, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn Monroe Beaty Walker
December 20, 1910 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Adaline Frost
January 2, 1911 (Age 13 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Y Walker
June 24, 1916 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 18 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 19 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 20 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 32 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 fatherJames Young Walker
February 4, 1939 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 44 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 motherLouvernia Lowery
May 12, 1949 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 52 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 48 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 December 8, 1963 (Age 66 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Hillcrest Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1884
9 months
elder brother
Elijah Munroe Walker
Birth: October 14, 1884 22 18Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1964Santa Clara, California, United States
3 years
elder sister
Mary Ellen Walker
Birth: April 27, 1887 25 20Tennessee, United States
Death: October 5, 1986Santa Clara, California, United States
2 years
elder brother
Henry Clay Walker
Birth: September 7, 1889 27 23Washington, United States
Death: June 8, 1990California, United States
2 years
elder sister
Annie May Walker
Birth: February 17, 1892 30 25Washington, United States
Death: November 15, 1973
2 years
elder brother
James Clyde Walker
Birth: June 15, 1894 32 27Washington, United States
Death: December 14, 1972Santa Clara, California, United States
3 years
himself
Charles Lee Walker
Birth: April 13, 1897 35 30Rossland, West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Death: December 8, 1963Tulare, California, United States
6 years
younger brother
John Y Walker
Birth: about 1902 39 35Montana, United States
Death: June 24, 1916Fresno, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger sister
Lou Madeline Walker
Birth: September 21, 1907 45 41San Mateo, California, United States
Death: December 5, 2005
3 years
younger sister
Ruby Adeline Walker
Birth: May 21, 1910 48 43Santa Clara, California, United States
Death: December 18, 1988San Martin, Santa Clara, California, United States

Charles Lee Walker has 35 first cousins recorded