The Shemwell Family

Virgil Leroy TilburyAge: 75 years19151991

Name
Virgil Leroy Tilbury
Given names
Virgil Leroy
Surname
Tilbury
Birth November 8, 1915 27 25
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 54 days)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a brotherFrank Wilson Tilbury
May 5, 1918 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 13 months)

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 2 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 13, 1920 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterMildred V Tilbury
April 20, 1921 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherEdbert Darious Tilbury
October 9, 1921 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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 12, 1930 (Age 14 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherEtta Myrtle Troutman
February 27, 1934 (Age 18 years)
Census April 5, 1940 (Age 24 years)
MarriageHelen Marguerite JonesView this family
February 20, 1944 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 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 34 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 motherMary Ella Jessup
June 29, 1958 (Age 42 years)
Marriage of a parentDarious Dennie TilburySarah Christeen BradyView this family
after 1959 (Age 43 years)

Note: Marriage assumed after her first husband died
Death of a fatherDarious Dennie Tilbury
June 30, 1964 (Age 48 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 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 brotherAlbert Dennie Tilbury
May 2, 1976 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherFrank Wilson Tilbury
July 4, 1986 (Age 70 years)
Death March 30, 1991 (Age 75 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tillou Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: June 1, 1913Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
11 months
elder brother
Albert Dennie Tilbury
Birth: May 4, 1914 26 23Arkansas, United States
Death: May 2, 1976Louisiana, United States
elder brother
Edbert Darious Tilbury
Birth: May 4, 1914 26 23Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: October 9, 1921Carlisle, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
18 months
himself
Virgil Leroy Tilbury
Birth: November 8, 1915 27 25Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 30, 1991Ashley, Arkansas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Frank Wilson Tilbury
Birth: May 5, 1918 30 27Arkansas, United States
Death: July 4, 1986Richland, Louisiana, United States
3 years
younger sister
Mildred V Tilbury
Birth: April 20, 1921 33 30Arkansas, United States
Death: September 15, 2004Bonita, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States
Father’s family with Sarah Christeen Brady - View this family
father
step-mother
Sarah Christeen Brady
Birth: May 16, 1914Tennessee, United States
Death: November 3, 1997Huron, Ohio, United States
Marriage: after 1959
Family with Helen Marguerite Jones - View this family
himself
Virgil Leroy Tilbury
Birth: November 8, 1915 27 25Lonoke, Arkansas, United States
Death: March 30, 1991Ashley, Arkansas, United States
wife
Helen Marguerite Jones
Birth: 1919Arkansas, United States
Death: November 25, 2014Ashley, Arkansas, United States
Marriage: February 20, 1944Ashley, Arkansas, United States

Virgil Leroy Tilbury has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Darious Dennie Tilbury - Household

ED 172 Lonoke, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Tilbury, D DheadRMW31MYesYesKSILINYes??OA
Tilbury, MarywifeFW29MYesYesILILILYes
Tilbury, EbbertsonMW5SARKSIL
Tilbury, AlbertsonMW5SARKSIL
Tilbury, LeroysonMW4SARKSIL
Tilbury, FranksonMW1SARKSIL

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Darious Dennie Tilbury - Household

ED 27 Wilmot, Ashley, Arkansas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Telbury, Denny DheadMW42M70KSILILFarmerFarm
Telbury, MarywifeFW40M23ILILIL
Telbury, AlbertsonMW16S28ARKSIL
Telbury, LeroysonMW14S28ARKSIL
Telbury, FranksonMW12S24ARKSIL
Telbury, MildreddaughterFW9S23ARKSIL

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Darious Dennie Tilbury - Household

De Bastrop. Ashley, Arkansas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Tilbury, D DheadR6YesMW52MKSFarmingRenterOA
Tilbury, MarywifeFW49MIL
Tilbury, LerayxsonMW24SARFarmingHelps in FieldNP
Tilbury, MildreddaughterFW19SARTeacherPublic SchoolPW