The Shemwell Family

Charles Dwight NelsonAge: 73 years19161989

Name
Charles Dwight Nelson
Given names
Charles Dwight
Surname
Nelson
Birth January 18, 1916 33 31
Death of a fatherJames Walter Nelson
December 27, 1916 (Age 11 months)
Note: Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
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 11 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 23 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/
Marriage of a parentDaniel Boone Daugherty JrSara Rheda BarbeeView this family
about 1924 (Age 7 years)
Note: Assuming he married within a year after his first wife, Alma, died. He is shown in the 1930 Census with his second wife, Sara.
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 4, 1930 (Age 14 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 motherSara Rheda Barbee
November 6, 1958 (Age 42 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 sisterMargaret “Metha” Nelson
October 13, 1981 (Age 65 years)
Death January 29, 1989 (Age 73 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1903Texas, United States
4 months
elder sister
Margaret “Metha” Nelson
Birth: May 8, 1903 20 18Texas, United States
Death: October 13, 1981Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
13 years
himself
Charles Dwight Nelson
Birth: January 18, 1916 33 31Seymour, Baylor, Texas, United States
Death: January 29, 1989Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States
Mother’s family with Daniel Boone Daugherty Jr - View this family
step-father
mother
Marriage: about 1924Texas, United States

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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Boone Daugherty Jr - Household

Precinct 1, ED 7 Denton, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Daugherty, David BheadR2000YesMW57M36NoYesTXMOIAYesFarmerFarmingVVVVOYesYes
Daugherty, ShadawifeFW44M20NoYesTXTNALYesNone
Daugherty, BoonfatherMW87WdNoYesMOUnited StatesUnited StatesYesNone
Nelson, C DstepsonMW15SNoYesTXTXTXYesNone