The Shemwell Family

Allen Gwyn ThurmanAge: 76 years19041981

Name
Allen Gwyn Thurman
Given names
Allen Gwyn
Surname
Thurman
Birth April 3, 1904 39 36
Death of a paternal grandfatherIsaac Newton Thurman
September 9, 1906 (Age 2 years)

Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Jane Hinch
June 29, 1908 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterDolly Juanita Thurman
August 19, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Census May 2, 1910 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Hall
1912 (Age 7 years)
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
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 29, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Curtis Thurman
June 23, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Death of a brotherIsaac Maylon Thurman
October 6, 1922 (Age 18 years)
Cause: Murdered
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
Census April 15, 1930 (Age 26 years)
Death of a brotherSteven Rhea Thurman
February 10, 1944 (Age 39 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 brotherGordon H Thurman
1945 (Age 40 years)
Death of a sisterSallie Laura Thurman
March 21, 1953 (Age 48 years)
Cause: Cancer
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 motherMartha Louise Hall
April 10, 1969 (Age 65 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 March 17, 1981 (Age 76 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Monte Vista Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1884Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
13 months
elder sister
Leila Lee Thurman
Birth: January 16, 1885 20 17Tennessee, United States
Death:
5 years
elder brother
Isaac Maylon Thurman
Birth: August 5, 1889 24 21Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 6, 1922Melvine, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
2 years
elder sister
Sallie Laura Thurman
Birth: October 29, 1891 27 24Tennessee, United States
Death: March 21, 1953Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
4 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
Steven Rhea Thurman
Birth: October 27, 1898 34 30Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 10, 1944New Mexico, United States
5 years
himself
Allen Gwyn Thurman
Birth: April 3, 1904 39 36Big Lick, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Death: March 17, 1981Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States
5 years
younger sister

Allen Gwyn Thurman has 19 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Curtis Thurman - Household

Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Thurman, John CheadMW46M26TNTNTNFarmerGeneral Farm
Thurman, LulawifeFW43M26107TNTNTN
Thurman, LauradaughterFW18STNTNTN
Thurman, Gordon HsonMW14STNTNTN
Thurman, Steven RsonMW12STNTNTN
Thurman, Allen GsonMW6STNTNTN
Thurman, JuanitadaughterFW7mSNMTNTN

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Curtis Thurman - Household

Elida, Roosevelt, New Mexico

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Thurman, John CheadMW58MTNTNTNFarmerFarm
Thurman, LouwifeFW52MTNTNTN
Thurman, RoysonMW21STNTNTN
Thurman, GwynnsonMW16STNTNTN
Thurman, JuanitadaughterFW10SNMTNTN

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Homer Edward Minyard - Household

Panhandle, Carson, Texas

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Minyard, Homer EheadMW21M17NMARUS
Minyard, Dolly JwifeFW20M16NMTNTN
Minyard, Raymond CsonMW8mSTXNMAR
Thurman, Allen Glodger - brother in lawMW27STNTNTN