The Shemwell Family

Ollie G LoveAge: 89 years19031993

Name
Ollie G Love
Given names
Ollie G
Surname
Love
Married name
Ollie G Smith
Birth June 29, 1903
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 years)

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 (Age 13 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 14 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/
MarriageCharles Price “Charley” Smith Sr.View this family
April 12, 1924 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Charles Price Smith Jr
April 10, 1927 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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
Birth of a son
#2
Donald Lee Smith
May 21, 1931 (Age 27 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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
Census April 1, 1950 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 46 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
Marriage of a childDonald Lee SmithSarah Virginia GlennView this family
about 1960 (Age 56 years)

Death of a husbandCharles Price “Charley” Smith Sr.
February 19, 1971 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 January 24, 1993 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Forsyth Memorial Park
Family with Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. - View this family
husband
Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr.
Birth: June 19, 1900 34 34Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 19, 1971Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
herself
Ollie G Love
Birth: June 29, 1903Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 24, 1993Southport, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: April 12, 1924Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
3 years
son
Charles Price Smith Jr
Birth: April 10, 1927 26 23Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 1, 1998Long Beach, Brunswick, North Carolina, United States
4 years
son
Donald Lee Smith
Birth: May 21, 1931 30 27Forsyth, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 25, 2006Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. - Household

Elfird Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Smith, Charlie PheadMW39MNCSame HouseCounterHosiery Mill
Smith, OlliewifeFW34MNCSame HouseInspectorTobacco Company
Smith, Charles JrsonMW12SNCSame House
Smith, Donald LeesonMW9SNCSame House
Smith, Emma JXmotherFW74WdNCSame House

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Charles Price “Charley” Smith Sr. - Household

Middle Fork, Forsyth, North Carolina

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Smith, Charles PheadMW49MarNCMachine OperatorMetal Factory
Smith, Ollie GwifeFW46MarNCInspectorTobacco Factory
Smith, Donald LsonMW19NevNC
Smith, Emma GmotherFW84WdNC