The Shemwell Family

Lottie A Loftin1893

Name
Lottie A Loftin
Given names
Lottie A
Surname
Loftin
Married name
Lottie A Shirley
Birth January 1893 29 31
Birth of a sisterBethel Carrie “Betty” Loftin
May 2, 1896 (Age 3 years)
Death of a motherSarah Elizabeth Surratt
April 1, 1897 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 5 years)
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
Marriage of a parentThomas Jefferson “T J” LoftinMalinda Lorraine J “Linda” ParkerView this family
March 14, 1899 (Age 6 years)
Census June 5, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a half-sisterSarah Elizabeth Loftin
December 23, 1900 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Lanier
before 1903 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a half-brotherKerney Valentine Loftin
February 15, 1904 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 23 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death of a fatherThomas Jefferson “T J” Loftin
February 12, 1918 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 24 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 25 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/
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilborn Loftin
August 14, 1919 (Age 26 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 57 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 half-brotherKerney Valentine Loftin
February 10, 1955 (Age 62 years)
Death of a half-sisterSarah Elizabeth Loftin
June 2, 1971 (Age 78 years)
Death of a sisterBethel Carrie “Betty” Loftin
August 21, 1973 (Age 80 years)
Note: Says Bethel's parents are: Father: William Loftin, Mother: Evelyn Lofton
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 53 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 sisterCleta May Loftin
September 4, 1986 (Age 93 years)
Deathunknown

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Sarah Elizabeth Surratt
Birth: October 7, 1861 44 43Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 1, 1897Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1887
18 months
elder sister
Cleta May Loftin
Birth: July 8, 1888 25 26North Carolina, United States
Death: September 4, 1986Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
5 years
herself
3 years
younger sister
Bethel Carrie “Betty” Loftin
Birth: May 2, 1896 33 34North Carolina, United States
Death: August 21, 1973Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Father’s family with Malinda Lorraine J “Linda” Parker - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: March 14, 1899Rowan, North Carolina, United States
21 months
half-sister
Sarah Elizabeth Loftin
Birth: December 23, 1900 37 34Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 2, 1971Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States
3 years
half-brother
Kerney Valentine Loftin
Birth: February 15, 1904 40 37Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 10, 1955Richmond, Virginia, United States
Family with Private - View this family
husband
Private
herself

Lottie A Loftin has 12 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Jefferson “T J” Loftin - Household

Providence, Rowan, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Loftin, Thomas JheadWMApr186337M10NCNCNCFarmer
Loftin, Malinda JwifeWFJun186634M1011NCNCNC
Loftin, Lottie AdaughterWFJan18937SNCNCNC
Loftin, Walter LWMApr18919SNCNCNC