The Shemwell Family

Nancy Emma DavisonAge: 82 years19041987

Name
Nancy Emma Davison
Given names
Nancy Emma
Surname
Davison
Birth September 15, 1904 28 27
Birth of a sisterVelmer Davison
September 22, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Death of a sisterVelmer Davison
October 17, 1909 (Age 5 years)
Birth of a sisterRuby Louise Davison
February 14, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Census April 28, 1910 (Age 5 years)
Death of a brotherWillie Davison
June 24, 1914 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a sisterLorene Davison
May 13, 1915 (Age 10 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 11 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 12 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 13 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 1, 1920 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterAudrey Neoma Davison
November 24, 1921 (Age 17 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherNancy Parlee Curtis
December 27, 1924 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 25 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
Death of a maternal grandfatherJames Potter Pruitt Sr.
December 16, 1936 (Age 32 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 37 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 45 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 fatherJames Anderson Davison
February 27, 1956 (Age 51 years)
Death of a motherOmie Elizabeth Pruitt
February 27, 1960 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherHobert Davison
January 5, 1970 (Age 65 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 41 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 sisterEthel Davison
July 12, 1980 (Age 75 years)
Death July 12, 1987 (Age 82 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Broken Bow Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: December 18, 1892Newton, Arkansas, United States
15 months
elder brother
Willie Davison
Birth: March 9, 1894 18 17Arkansas, United States
Death: June 24, 1914Hochatown, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
elder sister
Ethel Davison
Birth: March 11, 1897 21 20Arkansas, United States
Death: July 12, 1980Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
elder brother
Hobert Davison
Birth: October 16, 1901 26 24Hanna, McIntosh, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 5, 1970Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States
3 years
herself
Nancy Emma Davison
Birth: September 15, 1904 28 27Oklahoma, United States
Death: July 12, 1987Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger sister
Velmer Davison
Birth: September 22, 1909 33 32Oklahoma, United States
Death: October 17, 1909Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
5 months
younger sister
Ruby Louise Davison
Birth: February 14, 1910 34 33Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States
Death: January 1, 1994Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
5 years
younger sister
Lorene Davison
Birth: May 13, 1915 39 38Hochatown, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
Death: September 3, 1998Broken Bow, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
7 years
younger sister
Audrey Neoma Davison
Birth: November 24, 1921 46 44Hochatown, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States
Death: March 11, 2008Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Davison - Household

ED 248 Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Davison, James AheadMW34M117MOUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglishFarmerGeneral farmEmpNo0YesYesRFarm
Davison, Amie EwifeFW33M11775ARUnited StatesUnited StatesEnglishNoneYesYes
Davison, Waldes HsonMW16SARMOAREnglishFarm LaborerOwn FarmWNo0YesYesYes
Davison, EtheldaughterFW13SARMOAREnglishFarm LaborerOwn FarmWNo0YesYesYes
Davison, HobertsonMW8SARMOARNoneYesYesYes
Davison, Nancy EdaughterFW5SARMOARNone
Davison, Ruby MdaughterFW0 years 2 monthsSOKMOARNone

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - James Anderson Davison - Household

ED 148 Mountain, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Davison, James AheadOFMW44MNoYesYesMONJUnited StatesYesFarmerOA
Davison, OmawifeFW43MNoYesYesARARARYesNone
Davison, HobertsonMW18SNoYesYesARMOARYesLaborerHouse Farm
Davison, EmmiedaughterFW15SYesYesYesOKMOARYesNone
Davison, RubydaughterFW9SYesYesYesOKMOARYesNone
Davison, LorainedaughterFW4SNoOKMOARYesNone