The Shemwell Family

Irene Evelyn DaughertyAge: 68 years19161984

Name
Irene Evelyn Daugherty
Given names
Irene Evelyn
Surname
Daugherty
Birth September 24, 1916 24 18
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 (Age 3 months)

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 15 months)

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/
Birth of a sisterEllen Beatrice Daugherty
March 9, 1919 (Age 2 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 13 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
Census April 15, 1930 (Age 13 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherGeorge Washington Daugherty Jr.
April 23, 1931 (Age 14 years)
Associate: George Washington Daugherty
Associate: Francis “Fanny” McGehee
Birth of a brotherThomas Dean Daugherty
April 2, 1933 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 25 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
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 33 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 motherNellie M Adams
October 25, 1962 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a parentJames Thomas DaughertyCharlsie Gertrude TireyView this family
January 24, 1968 (Age 51 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 29 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 of a fatherJames Thomas Daugherty
April 1, 1976 (Age 59 years)
Death November 20, 1984 (Age 68 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: New Electra Memorial Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1915Texas, United States
21 months
herself
Irene Evelyn Daugherty
Birth: September 24, 1916 24 18Vernon, Wilbarger, Texas, United States
Death: November 20, 1984Wichita, Texas, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ellen Beatrice Daugherty
Birth: March 9, 1919 27 20Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States
Death: July 1, 1999Kermit, Winkler, Texas, United States
14 years
younger brother
Thomas Dean Daugherty
Birth: April 2, 1933 41 34Texas, United States
Death: February 25, 2016Cleburne, Johnson, Texas, United States
Father’s family with Charlsie Gertrude Tirey - View this family
father
step-mother
Charlsie Gertrude Tirey
Birth: July 28, 1897Young, Texas, United States
Death: October 10, 1984Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Marriage: January 24, 1968Young, Freestone, Texas, United States

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - James Thomas Daugherty - Household

ED 49 Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daugherty, James TheadO250MoMW38M22NoYesOKTXTXYesFreight HaulerFranafarm Co4X8VWYesNo
Daugherty, NelliewifeFW31M15NoYesTXMOTNYesDress MakerPrivate Home8364OYes
Daugherty, Evelyn IdaughterFW13SYesYesTXOKTXYesNone
Daugherty, Beatrice EdaughterFW11SYesYesTXOKTXYesNone