The Shemwell Family

Douglas Daniel BrawleyAge: 65 years19111976

Name
Douglas Daniel Brawley
Given names
Douglas Daniel
Surname
Brawley
Birth February 14, 1911 33 36
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 5 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 6 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 18 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 5, 1930 (Age 19 years)
Death of a fatherAlbert Zannie Brawley
September 19, 1941 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 38 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 motherElizabeth Laura Ketchie
July 7, 1955 (Age 44 years)
MarriageMarjorie Mae McKissickView this family
1959 (Age 47 years)

Note: Marriage date found on findagrave site and provided by descendants of Douglas
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 29, 1976 (Age 65 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Gardens
Family with parents - View this family
father
Albert Zannie Brawley
Birth: April 15, 1877Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 19, 1941Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
mother
Elizabeth Laura Ketchie
Birth: August 21, 1874Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Death: July 7, 1955Texas, United States
Marriage: April 24, 1900Iredell, North Carolina, United States
11 years
himself
Douglas Daniel Brawley
Birth: February 14, 1911 33 36Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 29, 1976Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
Family with Marjorie Mae McKissick - View this family
himself
Douglas Daniel Brawley
Birth: February 14, 1911 33 36Mooresville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 29, 1976Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States
wife
Marjorie Mae McKissick
Birth: September 11, 1913 34 30Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 29, 1997Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States
Marriage: 1959
Harry Douglas Dashiell + Marjorie Mae McKissick - View this family
wife’s husband
Harry Douglas Dashiell
Birth: May 12, 1911 36 28Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 14, 1996Riverside, California, United States
wife
Marjorie Mae McKissick
Birth: September 11, 1913 34 30Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Death: December 29, 1997Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States
step-son
Private
step-son
Private

Douglas Daniel Brawley has 0 first cousins recorded

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Albert Zannie Brawley - Household

Union, New Mexico, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Brawley, Albert ZheadRRYesMW53M23NCNCNCYesFarmerGeneralOYes
Brawley, LaurawifeFW55M26NCNCNCYesNone
Brawley, DavidsonMW23SNCNCNCYesLaborerFarmWYes
Brawley, HoracesonMW22SNCNCNCYesLaborerFarmWYes
Brawley, DouglassonMW18SNCNCNCYesLaborerFarmWYes

Marriage
Marriage date found on findagrave site and provided by descendants of Douglas