The Shemwell Family

Robert Guy LoftinAge: 48 years19001948

Name
Robert Guy Loftin
Given names
Robert Guy
Surname
Loftin
Birth April 14, 1900 26 25
Census June 25, 1900 (Age 2 months)
Birth of a brotherAlbert Reese Loftin
May 22, 1902 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Wade Loftin
January 24, 1910 (Age 9 years)
Census May 5, 1910 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 15 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 paternal grandmotherElizabeth Angelina Ward
August 3, 1918 (Age 18 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 16 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 17 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 grandfatherWilliam Moses “Willy” Loftin
August 14, 1919 (Age 19 years)
Census January 19, 1920 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 29 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
Death of a fatherAlbert B Loftin
May 28, 1940 (Age 40 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Wade Loftin
April 24, 1945 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 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 brotherGean Kerney Loftin
1948 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 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 June 3, 1948 (Age 48 years)
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father
Albert B Loftin
Birth: October 1, 1873 37 28Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 28, 1940High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
mother
Marriage: calculated 1897
11 months
elder brother
Gean Kerney Loftin
Birth: December 16, 1897 24 23Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: 1948Polk, Florida, United States
2 years
himself
Robert Guy Loftin
Birth: April 14, 1900 26 25Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 3, 1948High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States
2 years
younger brother
Albert Reese Loftin
Birth: May 22, 1902 28 27Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 5, 1957Denton, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
8 years
younger brother
William Wade Loftin
Birth: January 24, 1910 36 35Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 24, 1945Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Albert B Loftin - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Loftin, AlbertheadWMOct187326M3NCNCNCFarmer
Loftin, NanniewifeWFJul187425M322NCNCNC
Loftin, Gean G?sonWMDec18972SNCNCNC
Loftin, WilliamsonWMApr19002mSNCNCNC
Loftin, WilliamboarderBMOct184552SNCNCNCFarm Laborer

Robert is listed as William a 2nd William Loftin is Black -b

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Albert B Loftin - Household

Healing Springs, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Loftin, Albert BheadMW36M113NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, NanniewifeFW35M11344NCNCNCFarmLaborer
Loftin, Gean KsonMW12SNCNCNCFarmLaborer
Loftin, Robert GsonMW10SNCNCNCFarmLaborer
Loftin, Albert RsonMW8SNCNCNC
Loftin, William WsonMW7mSNCNCNC

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Albert B Loftin - Household

Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Loftin, AlbertheadMW47MNCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, NanniewifeFW46MNCNCNC
Loftin, GuysonMW19SNCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Loftin, ReesesonMW18SNCNCNC
Loftin, WadesonMW10SNCNCNC