The Shemwell Family

Leslie Euless GilleyAge: 73 years19121985

Name
Leslie Euless Gilley
Given names
Leslie Euless
Surname
Gilley
Birth May 3, 1912 25 21
Birth of a sisterFrances Grace Gilley
October 11, 1913 (Age 17 months)
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
Birth of a brotherHarold Paul Gilley
January 23, 1918 (Age 5 years)
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 20, 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
Birth of a sisterMattie Lou Gilley
February 6, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Census April 14, 1930 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Monroe Daugherty
January 6, 1932 (Age 19 years)
Associate: George Washington Daugherty
Associate: Francis “Fanny” McGehee
Death of a sisterMattie Lou Gilley
February 6, 1932 (Age 19 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMargaret Frances McBride
July 15, 1934 (Age 22 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
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 fatherWilliam Franklin Gilley
January 29, 1966 (Age 53 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 motherMattie Gordon Daugherty
December 24, 1977 (Age 65 years)
Death October 26, 1985 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Prairie Mound Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: November 11, 1906Texas, United States
3 years
elder sister
Irene Isabelle Gilley
Birth: June 26, 1909 22 18Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: January 31, 1995Azle, Tarrant, Texas, United States
3 years
himself
Leslie Euless Gilley
Birth: May 3, 1912 25 21Texas, United States
Death: October 26, 1985Texas, United States
17 months
younger sister
Frances Grace Gilley
Birth: October 11, 1913 26 23Azle, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: July 27, 1997Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
4 years
younger brother
Harold Paul Gilley
Birth: January 23, 1918 31 27Texas, United States
Death: December 4, 1997Texas, United States
12 years
younger sister
Mattie Lou Gilley
Birth: February 6, 1930 43 39Tarrant, Texas, United States
Death: February 6, 1932Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

Leslie Euless Gilley has 4 first cousins recorded

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Gilley - Household

Justice Precinct 5, ED 165 Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Gilley, William TheadRMW33MYesYesTXMOTXYesFarmerGeneral FarmEm
Gilley, Mattie wifeFW29MYesYesTXTNKYYesNone
Gilley, Irine daughterFW10SYesYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Gilley, LesleysonMW7 years 8 monthsSYesYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Gilley, GracedaughterFW6 years 6 monthsSNoNoTXTXTXYesNone
Gilley, PaulsonMW2 years 11 monthsSNoNoTXTXTXYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Gilley - Household

Justice Precinct 5, ED 120 Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gilley, WillheadR25YesMW43M20NoYesTXTXTXYesFarmerFarmVVVVWYesNo
Gilley, MattiewifeFW39M16NoYesTXTNKYYesNone
Gilley, IrenedaughterFW20SNoYesTXTXTXYesNone
Gilley, LessliesonMW17SNoYesTXTXTXYesFarmerFarmVOVVWPYes
Gilley, GracedaughterFW15SYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Gilley, PaulsonMW11SYesYesTXTXTXYesNone
Gilley, Mattie LoudaughterFW0 years 3 monthsSNoTXTXTXYesNone