The Shemwell Family

Ileta Elizabeth DriscollAge: 31 years19091940

Name
Ileta Elizabeth Driscoll
Given names
Ileta Elizabeth
Surname
Driscoll
Married name
Ileta Elizabeth Daugherty
Birth about 1909 38
Note: Birth info based on 1920 census
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 7 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 8 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 9 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 fatherDriscoll
before 1920 (Age 11 years)
Note: His wife is listed as a Widow in the 1920 Census
Census February 14, 1920 (Age 11 years)
MarriageJohn Thaddus DaughertyView this family
December 19, 1923 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Geneva Daugherty
November 3, 1924 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 20 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
Herbert Wayne Daugherty
November 24, 1929 (Age 20 years)
Census May 17, 1930 (Age 21 years)
Death of a sisterDebbie “Dovie” Driscoll
before 1940 (on the date of death)
Note: She is shown in the 1930 Census with her husband and children. In the 1940 Census, she is not listed and her husband is listed as a Widow.
Death before 1940 (Age 31 years)
Note: She and her husband are listed in the 1930 Census. In the 1940 Census, he is listed as "Widowed".
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage:
elder sister
5 years
herself
Family with John Thaddus Daugherty - View this family
husband
John Thaddus Daugherty
Birth: October 13, 1897 39 23Texas, United States
Death: January 8, 1974Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
herself
Marriage: December 19, 1923Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
11 months
daughter
Geneva Daugherty
Birth: November 3, 1924 27 15Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
Death: March 7, 1997Tarrant, Texas, United States
5 years
son
Herbert Wayne Daugherty
Birth: November 24, 1929 32 20Millsap, Parker, Texas, United States
Death: May 18, 1990Palo Pinto, Texas, United States

Birth
Birth info based on 1920 census
Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Haley … - Household

Ed 209 Strawn, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Driscoll, HaleyheadRFW49WdYesYesTXScotlandEnglishARYesNone
Driscoll, DebbiedaughterFW15SYesYesOKARTXYesNone
Driscoll, IletadaughterFW10SYesYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Driscoll, WanitadaughterFW10SYesYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Driscoll, ElradaughterFW9SYesTSTXTXYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Thaddus Daugherty - Household

Precinct 5, ED 15 Palo Pinto, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daugherty, John TheadRYesMW32M26NoYesTXUnited StatesTXFarmerGeneral FarmVVVVOYesNo
Daugherty, IletawifeFW21M15NoYesTXOklahomaTXNone
Daugherty, GenevadaughterFW5SNoTXTXTXNone
Daugherty, Herbert WsonMW0 years 5 monthsSNoTXTXTXNone

Death
She and her husband are listed in the 1930 Census. In the 1940 Census, he is listed as "Widowed".