The Shemwell Family

Henry Nichols1940

Name
Henry Nichols
Given names
Henry
Surname
Nichols
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
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
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

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

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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929

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
MarriageLenora Alice DurhamView this family
between 1930 and 1940
Note: In the 1930 Census (April 18), Lenora is listed as Alice Keith living with her son Robert. In the 1940 Census (April 2), she is listed as Alice Nichols, Widow, living with her son Robert. Therefore, she must have married Harry Nichols between 1930 and 1940.
Death before 1940
Note: Henry Nichols was the second husband of Lenora Alice Durham. The 1940 census lists her as Alice Nichols, Widow. So, Henry must have died before 1940.
Death
Lenora Alice Durham
November 11, 1940
Family with Lenora Alice Durham - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: between 1930 and 1940Arkansas, United States
William Fletcher Keith + Lenora Alice Durham - View this family
wife’s husband
William Fletcher Keith
Birth: May 22, 1872Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, United States
Death: January 13, 1902Oklahoma, United States
wife
Marriage: November 16, 1893Conway, Arkansas, United States
9 months
step-son
Robert Marion Keith
Birth: August 28, 1894 22 20Arkansas, United States
Death: March 27, 1980Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States

Marriage
In the 1930 Census (April 18), Lenora is listed as Alice Keith living with her son Robert. In the 1940 Census (April 2), she is listed as Alice Nichols, Widow, living with her son Robert. Therefore, she must have married Harry Nichols between 1930 and 1940.
Death
Henry Nichols was the second husband of Lenora Alice Durham. The 1940 census lists her as Alice Nichols, Widow. So, Henry must have died before 1940.