The Shemwell Family

Wilbor Fay ChristianAge: 76 years19191995

Name
Wilbor Fay Christian
Given names
Wilbor Fay
Surname
Christian
Birth June 19, 1919 18 16
Census January 29, 1920 (Age 7 months)
Birth of a brotherHarold Wade Christian
November 26, 1925 (Age 6 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJames W “Jim” Christian
October 17, 1927 (Age 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 10 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 10 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Robert Christian
August 5, 1930 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Joyce Fay Christian
May 16, 1937 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Nancy Caroline Christian
March 12, 1940 (Age 20 years)
Census April 8, 1940 (Age 20 years)
Death of a daughterJoyce Fay Christian
June 10, 1943 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Wilbor Christian
1944 (Age 24 years)
Death of a sonWilbor Christian
July 19, 1944 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 22 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 30 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
Birth of a daughter
#4
Linda Faye Christian
December 1, 1955 (Age 36 years)
Death of a daughterLinda Faye Christian
December 4, 1955 (Age 36 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherRosa Alice Richmond
April 20, 1957 (Age 37 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Ollie Willis
November 12, 1959 (Age 40 years)
Death of a fatherOvie Otis “Otie” Christian
May 7, 1966 (Age 46 years)

Death of a maternal grandfatherConnie Robert “Meits” Driskill
February 4, 1969 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherHarold Wade Christian
December 18, 1971 (Age 52 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 26 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 wifeRuby Elizabeth Elmore
May 26, 1988 (Age 68 years)

Death of a motherAmy Gail Driskill
July 23, 1993 (Age 74 years)
Death July 31, 1995 (Age 76 years)
Burial 1995 (Age 75 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Georgia Memorial Park
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father
mother
Marriage: August 24, 1918Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
10 months
himself
6 years
younger brother
Harold Wade Christian
Birth: November 26, 1925 25 23Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 18, 1971Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States
5 years
younger brother
Family with Ruby Elizabeth Elmore - View this family
himself
wife
daughter
Joyce Fay Christian
Birth: May 16, 1937 17 21Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 10, 1943Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
3 years
daughter
Nancy Caroline Christian
Birth: March 12, 1940 20 24Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 20, 2015Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private
son
Wilbor Christian
Birth: 1944 24 28Tennessee, United States
Death: July 19, 1944Tennessee, United States
12 years
daughter
Linda Faye Christian
Birth: December 1, 1955 36 39Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Death: December 4, 1955Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ova Otis Christian - Household

Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Christian, OtisheadMW19MKYKYKY
Driskill, AmywifeFW17MKYKYKY
Christian, WilbersonMW 7 monthsSKYKYKY

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ova Otis “Otie” Christian - Household

Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Christian, OtasheadMW28M17KYKYKYfarmer
Christian, AmywifeFW27M15KYKYKY
Christian, Wilber HsonMW10SKYKYKY
Christian, Harvey WsonMW4 years 5 monthsSTNKYKY

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Wilbor Fay Christian - Household

Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Christian, Wilbor headMW21MKYfinisherwoolen mill
Christian, RubywifeFW22MTN
Christian, Joyce FdaughterFW2STN
Christian, Nancy CdaughterFW1 month STN