The Shemwell Family

Jesse F McMeekinAge: 88 years19021990

Name
Jesse F McMeekin
Given names
Jesse F
Surname
McMeekin
Birth June 16, 1902 30 25
Census April 29, 1910 (Age 7 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 13 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 14 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 15 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 5, 1920 (Age 17 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 27 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 grandmotherSarah Elizabeth Cheek
May 22, 1937 (Age 34 years)
Death of a fatherJames Samuel McMeekin
January 1, 1945 (Age 42 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 39 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 motherVolney Jane Drew
March 8, 1950 (Age 47 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 47 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 43 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 brotherRolfe Vasso McMeekin
August 2, 1976 (Age 74 years)
Death June 24, 1990 (Age 88 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memory Gardens of the Valley
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father
mother
Volney Jane Drew
Birth: February 4, 1877 47 31Levita, Coryell, Texas, United States
Death: March 8, 1950Purmela, Coryell, Texas, United States
Marriage: November 21, 1897Coryell, Texas, United States
16 months
elder brother
Rolfe Vasso McMeekin
Birth: March 10, 1899 27 22Hamilton, Hamilton, Texas, United States
Death: August 2, 1976Oglesby, Coryell, Texas, United States
3 years
himself
Jesse F McMeekin
Birth: June 16, 1902 30 25Coryell, Texas, United States
Death: June 24, 1990Parker, Texas, United States

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Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Volney Jane Drew - Household

ED 34 Coryell, Texas, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
McMeeking, Jim SheadMW38M113TXIrelandTXEnglishFarmerGeneral FarmOAYesYesOMF
Drew, Jolney JwifeFW33M11322TXTXTXEnglishNoneYesYes
McMeeking, Rolfe VsonMW11STXTXTXEnglishNoneYesYes
McMeeking, Jesse FsonMW7STXTXTXNoneYes
Rankin, F Wfather-in-lawMW77M224KYKYKYEnglishNoneYesYes
Rankin, Sara Emother-in-lawFW64M22464MOMOMOEnglishNoneYesYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Volney Jane Drew - Household

Coryell, Texas, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
McMeekin, JamesheadOFMW47MYesYesTNIrelandEnglishIrelandEnglishYesFarmerGeneral FarmOA
McMeekin, ValneywifeFW42MYesYesTXTNMOYesNone
McMeekin, RolfesonMW21SYesYesTXTNTXYesFarm LaboerHome Farm
McMeekin, JessesonMW16SYesYesYesTXTNTXYesFarm LaborerHome Farm
Rankin, Sarahmother-in-lawFW75WdYesYesMOMOMOYesNone