The Shemwell Family

Raymond Curtiss MinyardAge: 77 years19282006

Name
Raymond Curtiss Minyard
Given names
Raymond Curtiss
Surname
Minyard
Birth August 31, 1928 19 19
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 months)

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 19 months)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Jean Minyard
December 3, 1930 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherTruman Dale Minyard
February 7, 1933 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterRosalie Minyard
July 19, 1933 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherHomer Edward Minyard Jr
October 15, 1938 (Age 10 years)
Census May 10, 1940 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 13 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 21 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 fatherHomer Edward Minyard
May 8, 1957 (Age 28 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMartha Louise Hall
April 10, 1969 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 17 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 sisterDorothy Jean Minyard
April 16, 1979 (Age 50 years)
Death of a brotherHomer Edward Minyard Jr
November 18, 1991 (Age 63 years)
Death of a motherDolly Juanita Thurman
July 20, 1996 (Age 67 years)
Death of a brotherTruman Dale Minyard
February 17, 1999 (Age 70 years)
Death June 28, 2006 (Age 77 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Santa Fe National Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: about 1926
14 months
elder brother
Charles Levon Minyard
Birth: February 1927 17 17Texas, United States
Death: February 2, 1927Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States
19 months
himself
Raymond Curtiss Minyard
Birth: August 31, 1928 19 19Holliday, Archer, Texas, United States
Death: June 28, 2006
2 years
younger sister
Dorothy Jean Minyard
Birth: December 3, 1930 21 21Pampa, Gray, Texas, United States
Death: April 16, 1979Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, United States
2 years
younger brother
Truman Dale Minyard
Birth: February 7, 1933 23 23Greggton, Harrison, Texas, United States
Death: February 17, 1999Dallas, Texas, United States
5 months
younger sister
Rosalie Minyard
Birth: July 19, 1933 24 23Kilgore, Gregg, Texas, United States
Death: November 22, 2007
5 years
younger brother
Homer Edward Minyard Jr
Birth: October 15, 1938 29 29Bruni, Webb, Texas, United States
Death: November 18, 1991Dallas, Texas, United States

Raymond Curtiss Minyard has 6 first cousins recorded

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

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Homer Edward Minyard - Household

Kilgore, Gregg, Texas

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Minyard, Homer SheadMW30MNMKilgoreTXOil Field WorkerOil Fields
Minyard, DollieXwifeFW30MNMKilgoreTX
Minyard, RaymondsonMW11STXKilgoreTX
Minyard, Dorothy JdaughterFW9STXKilgoreGreggTX
Minyard, Truman DsonMW7STXKilgoreGreggTX
Minyard, RosaliedaughterFW6STX
Minyard, Homer JrsonMW1STX