The Shemwell Family

Ida EppsAge: 98 years19032001

Name
Ida Epps
Given names
Ida
Surname
Epps
Birth February 24, 1903 29 23
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 12 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 13 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 14 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 9, 1920 (Age 16 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 26 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 11, 1930 (Age 27 years)
Death of a sisterKatherine “Kitty” Epps
September 9, 1940 (Age 37 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 38 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 46 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 motherEmma Jane Pearson
August 17, 1956 (Age 53 years)
Death of a fatherWallace Josiah “Joe” Epps
December 30, 1956 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 42 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 March 13, 2001 (Age 98 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Sunset Memorial Park
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father
Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps
Birth: September 1, 1873 33 31Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, United States
Death: December 30, 1956Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
mother
Marriage: about 1894Oklahoma, United States
9 months
elder sister
3 years
elder sister
Katherine “Kitty” Epps
Birth: February 21, 1897 23 17Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 9, 1940St. Louis, Missouri, United States
6 years
herself
Ida Epps
Birth: February 24, 1903 29 23Texas, United States
Death: March 13, 2001Austin, Travis, Texas, United States

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps - Household

ED 119 For Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Epps, W JheadRMW47MYesYesMOMOMOYesFarmerGeneral FarmingOA
Epps, EmmawifeFW40MYesYesTXMOTXYesNone
Epps, IdadaughterFW16SYesYesYesTXMOTXYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Wallace Josiah “Joe” Epps - Household

ED 29 Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Epps, W JorheadR35MW57M21NoYesMOMOMOYesTruckerTransfer CompanyWYesNo
Epps, EmmawifeFW51M15NoYesTXMOTXYesNone
Epps, IdadaughterFW27SNoYesTXMOTXYesStenographerLawyersWYes