The Shemwell Family

Robert Lee EllisAge: 85 years19121998

Name
Robert Lee Ellis
Given names
Robert Lee
Surname
Ellis
Birth August 11, 1912 42 42
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 3 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 4 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 5 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/
Census January 29, 1920 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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 17, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 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
Death of a fatherJohn Walker Ellis
January 24, 1953 (Age 40 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 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 motherMary Ellen Sullivan
August 23, 1957 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 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 brotherJohn Lester Ellis
March 8, 1988 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brotherHomer Wilson Ellis
May 8, 1989 (Age 76 years)
Death July 20, 1998 (Age 85 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Central Cemetery
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father
mother
Mary Ellen Sullivan
Birth: August 28, 1869 35 27Parker, Texas, United States
Death: August 23, 1957Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
Marriage: November 16, 1902Parker, Texas, United States
2 years
elder brother
Homer Wilson Ellis
Birth: November 23, 1904 34 35Parker, Texas, United States
Death: May 8, 1989Weatherford Hospital, Parker, Texas, United States
3 years
elder brother
John Lester Ellis
Birth: June 3, 1907 36 37Parker, Texas, United States
Death: March 8, 1988Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States
5 years
himself
Robert Lee Ellis
Birth: August 11, 1912 42 42Central, Parker, Texas, United States
Death: July 20, 1998Weatherford, Parker, Texas, United States

Robert Lee Ellis has 31 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Ellis - Household

Justice Precinct 2, ED 65 Parker, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Ellis, John WheadOFMW49MYesYesTXUnited StatesUnited StatesYesFarmerGeneral FarmEmp
Ellis, Mary EwifeFW49MYesYesTXUnited StatesMOYesNone
Ellis, Homer WsonMW15SYesYesYesTXTXTXYesFarm LaborerHome FarmW
Ellis, John LestersonMW12SYesYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Ellis, Robert LsonMW7STXTXTXYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Walker Ellis - Household

Precinct 2, ED 11 Parker, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Ellis, John WheadORYesMW59M32YesTXTNTNYesFarmerFarmVVVVENo
Ellis, Mary EwifeFW60M33YesTXUnited StatesUnited StatesYesNone
Ellis, LestersonMW23SYesTXTXTXYesLaborerFarmVVVVWNo
Ellis, RobertsonMW17SYesTXTXTXYesLaborerFarmVVVVW