The Shemwell Family

Marcel Adrien LegrosAge: 89 years18981988

Name
Marcel Adrien Legros
Given names
Marcel Adrien
Surname
Legros
Birth November 15, 1898
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 30 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
MarriageCleveland Odell DaughertyView this family
November 19, 1932 (Age 34 years)
Census April 22, 1940 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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 6, 1950 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 51 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
Death of a wifeCleveland Odell Daugherty
November 30, 1954 (Age 56 years)
Immigration
Marcel Adrien Legros - Immigration
1961 (Age 62 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 1988 (Age 89 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park
Family with Cleveland Odell Daugherty - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 19, 1932Orange, California, United States
Lloyd Ernest Lockhart + Cleveland Odell Daugherty - View this family
wife’s husband
Lloyd Ernest Lockhart
Birth: February 11, 1881Rockdale, Milam, Texas, United States
Death: July 12, 1966Somerville, Burleson, Texas, United States
wife
Marriage: July 14, 1903Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States
4 years
step-son
Ross Monroe Lockhart
Birth: August 30, 1907 26 23Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 1992Cochise, Arizona, United States
4 years
step-daughter
Infant Lockhart
Birth: January 19, 1912 30 27Culberson, Texas, United States
Death: January 20, 1912Culberson, Texas, United States
Thomas Brownlee Longre + Cleveland Odell Daugherty - View this family
wife’s husband
Thomas Brownlee Longre
Birth: September 5, 1895Mississippi, United States
Death: May 28, 1954Los Angeles, California, United States
wife
Marriage: March 2, 1922El Paso, Texas, United States

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Marcel Adrien Legros - Household

Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Legros, Marcel AdrianheadR25NoMW41MNoFranceHankowChinaRecruiting OfficerUS NavyGov521830
Legros, Cleve OxwifeFW55MNoTXHankowChina00

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Marcel Adrien Legros - Household

Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Legras, Marcel AheadMW52MarFranceYesUN
Legras, Cleve OwifeFW66MarTXW