The Shemwell Family

William Gates GageAge: 80 years19071988

Name
William Gates Gage
Given names
William Gates
Surname
Gage
Birth September 23, 1907 25 25
Birth of a brotherBenjamin Palmer Gage
August 28, 1909 (Age 23 months)
Census April 17, 1910 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherYoung Gage
February 1, 1911 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterCorene Gage
February 14, 1914 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterLorene Gage
February 14, 1914 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a sisterInfant Gage
November 20, 1916 (Age 9 years)
Death of a sisterInfant Gage
November 20, 1916 (Age 9 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 8 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 9 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 10 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/
Birth of a brotherWoodrow Wilson Gage
July 29, 1919 (Age 11 years)
Census January 25, 1920 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a sisterAnn Carol Gage
September 3, 1921 (Age 13 years)
Birth of a brotherJerry Thomas Gage
November 26, 1924 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 22 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 1930 (Age 22 years)
Census April 9, 1940 (Age 32 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary Ann Phillipi
June 13, 1944 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 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 Edward Gage
October 22, 1945 (Age 38 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 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 motherLena Daugherty
September 13, 1958 (Age 50 years)
Death of a sisterAnn Carol Gage
November 7, 1974 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 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 brotherJames Ausborn Gage
May 29, 1978 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherJohn Edward Gage Jr
between 1958 and 1979 (Age 50 years)
Note: In obituaries, he was listed as surviving his mother Lena (died in 1958) and not surviving his broth…
Death of a brotherBenjamin Palmer Gage
September 23, 1979 (Age 72 years)
Death July 20, 1988 (Age 80 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Valley View Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: July 2, 1902Midland, Texas, United States
13 months
elder brother
James Ausborn Gage
Birth: July 28, 1903 21 21Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
Death: May 29, 1978East Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
17 months
elder brother
John Edward Gage Jr
Birth: December 14, 1904 23 22Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
Death: between 1958 and 1979California, United States
3 years
himself
William Gates Gage
Birth: September 23, 1907 25 25Nadine, Lea, New Mexico, United States
Death: July 20, 1988Cottonwood, Yavapai, Arizona, United States
23 months
younger brother
Benjamin Palmer Gage
Birth: August 28, 1909 27 27Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
Death: September 23, 1979Fontana, San Bernardino, California, United States
17 months
younger brother
Young Gage
Birth: February 1, 1911 29 28Jean, Young, Texas, United States
Death: August 2, 2002Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
3 years
younger sister
Corene Gage
Birth: February 14, 1914 32 31Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
Death: November 28, 2003Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
younger sister
Lorene Gage
Birth: February 14, 1914 32 31Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
Death: February 26, 1995Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States
3 years
younger sister
Infant Gage
Birth: November 20, 1916 35 34Midland, Texas, United States
Death: November 20, 1916Midland, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Woodrow Wilson Gage
Birth: July 29, 1919 37 37Hurley, Grant, New Mexico, United States
Death: December 16, 2003Loma Linda, San Bernardino, California, United States
2 years
younger sister
Ann Carol Gage
Birth: September 3, 1921 39 39Midland, Midland, Texas, United States
Death: November 7, 1974Round Rock, Williamson, Texas, United States
3 years
younger brother
Jerry Thomas Gage
Birth: November 26, 1924 43 42Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 27, 1993Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States

William Gates Gage has 11 first cousins recorded

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Gage - Household

Ed 78 Roberts, Eddy, New Mexico, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Gage, John EheadMW28M18TXTXAREnglishFarmerFarmOAYesYesOFF
Gage, LenawifeFW27M1844TXMOINEnglishNoneYesYes
Gage, James AsonMW7STXTXTXNoneYes
Gage, John EsonMW5STXTXTXNoneNo
Gage, William GsonMW2SNMTXTXNone
Gage, Benjamin RsonMW0 years 8 monthsSTXTXTXNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Gage - Household

ED 152 Midland, Midland, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Gage, John EheadRMW38MTXARARYesLaborerOil Field
Gage, LenawifeFW37MTXMOINYesNone
Gage, James AsonMW16STXTXTXYesNone
Gage, John E JrsonMW14STXTXTXYesNone
Gage, William GsonMW13SNMTXTXYesNone
Gage, Ben PsonMW10STXTXTXYesNone
Gage, YoungsonMW8STXTXTXNone
Gage, CorinnedaughterFW5STXTXTXNone
Gage, LorinedaughterFW5STXTXTXNone
Gage, Woodrow WsonMW0 years 5 monthsSNMTXTXNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Gage - Household

ED 1 Hartley, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Gage, John EheadOYesMW48M20NoYesTXTXARFarmerGeneral FarmingO
Gage, LenawifeFW47M20NoYesTXMOINNone
Gage, WilliamsonMW22SNoYesNMTXTXFarm LaborerGeneral FarmingNP
Gage, BensonMW20SNoYesTXTXTXFarm LaborerGeneral FarmingNP
Gage, LorindaughterFW16SYesYesTXTXTXNone
Gage, CorindaughterFW16SYesYesTXTXTXNone
Gage, WoodrowsonMW10SYesYesNMTXTXNone
Gage, AnniedaughterFW8SYesYesTXTXTXNone
Gage, JerrysonMW6SNoNoOKTXTXNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - John Edward Gage - Household

Justice Precinct 2 Hutchinson, Texas, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Gage, William GheadMW32SNMStillmanOil RefineryPW522496
Gage, Ben PbrotherMW30STXFarm WorkNeighborsPW00
Gage, Woodrow WbrotherMW20SNMLaborerOil RefineryPW22618
Gage, Jerry TbrotherMW15SOK00
Gage, John EfatherMW58MTX00
Gage, LenaxmotherFW57MTX00