The Shemwell Family

William Wade LoftinAge: 35 years19101945

Name
William Wade Loftin
Given names
William Wade
Surname
Loftin
Birth January 24, 1910 36 35
Census May 5, 1910 (Age 3 months)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 8 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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 9 years)
Census January 19, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 19 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 30 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 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 April 24, 1945 (Age 35 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
elder brother
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
elder 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
himself
William Wade Loftin
Birth: January 24, 1910 36 35Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 24, 1945Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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