The Shemwell Family

Bessie Lee GreenAge: 77 years18961973

Name
Bessie Lee Green
Given names
Bessie Lee
Surname
Green
Birth September 23, 1896 26 27
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 18 months)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJames Thomas Green
January 9, 1901 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherThomas Wisdom Daugherty
June 19, 1914 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 19 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 20 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 21 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 maternal grandmotherMartha Rebecca White
July 21, 1927 (Age 30 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 33 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 3, 1930 (Age 33 years)
Death of a motherMary Eleanor Daugherty
December 30, 1931 (Age 35 years)
Death of a fatherThomas Henderson Green
April 8, 1942 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 45 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 53 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 49 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 October 8, 1973 (Age 77 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Pacific Crest Cemetery
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father
Thomas Henderson Green
Birth: June 19, 1870Loraine, Mitchell, Texas, United States
Death: April 8, 1942Loraine, Mitchell, Texas, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1895Texas, United States
21 months
herself
Bessie Lee Green
Birth: September 23, 1896 26 27Texas, United States
Death: October 8, 1973Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States
4 years
younger brother
James Thomas Green
Birth: January 9, 1901 30 31Snyder, Hale, Texas, United States
Death: August 25, 1979Loraine, Mitchell, Texas, United States

Bessie Lee Green has 10 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henderson Green - Household

ED 134 Snyder, Scurry, Texas, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Green, Thomas HheadWMJun187327M4TXTXTXFarmer0YesYesYesRF
Green, EllawifeWFJun187227M421TXMOILYesYesYes
Green, Bessie LdaughterWFSep18963STXTXTX

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Henderson Green - Household

ED 1 Snyder, Scurry, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Piguet, Florence JheadO1000RNoMW34M25NoYesKSOHPAYesTruck DriverWestern ProduceWYes
Piguet, Bessie GwifeFW32M22NoYesTXTXTXYesNone
Piguet, Dalma FdaughterFW7SYesTXTXTXNone
Piguet, LavadodaughterFW5SNoTXKSTXNone
Green, Tom Hfather-in-lawMW59M24NoYesTXTXTXYesFarmerTenantWNo
Green, Ellamother-in-lawFW60M25NoYesTXMOTXYesNone